Pope Francis will have to be on
health alert for at least a month and forego any foreign trips
as he recovers from pneumonia, a respiratory disorder expert
told ANSA Friday as the Argentine pontiff continued to have
treatment at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.
The improvement seen to date in the clinical picture of Pope
Francis, based on the news released, is "a very positive sign:
while hoping for a full recovery of the Pontiff, it must be
considered that there is a high risk of recurrence of pneumonia,
in 15-20% of cases, in the month following the resolution of the
current pathology. Attention must therefore be maximum", said
Francesco Blasi, professor of Respiratory Diseases at the
University of Milan and head of the Complex Structure of
Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis at the Milan Polyclinic Hospital.
The resumption of activities for the Pope, Blasi underlined,
"will therefore have to be very gradual and in the immediate
future travel and external activities would be discouraged".
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