The Vatican says on Wednesday, February 19, Pope Francis, who is battling double pneumonia in the hospital, is in stable condition and showed ‘slight improvement’ based on blood test results.
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00:00The Vatican says on Wednesday, February 19, Pope Francis, who is battling double pneumonia
00:05in the hospital, is in stable condition and showed slight improvement based on blood test
00:10results.
00:12The Pope is receiving treatment at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on
00:16February 14 after experiencing breathing difficulties for several days.
00:21Meantime, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited the Pope in the hospital and said
00:26he is alert and cheerful.
00:28Meloni says, quote, I am very happy to have found him alert and responsive.
00:32We joked, as always, he hasn't lost his proverbial sense of humor.
00:37Meloni is the first known hospital visitor of the Pope.
00:40A Vatican official speaking anonymously says the Pope was not on a ventilator and was breathing
00:45on his own.
00:47The official also says the Pope had been able to get out of bed, sit in an armchair and
00:51continue with some work.