Daily blood tests “showed thrombocytopenia, associated with anemia, which required the administration of blood transfusions”, it added.
“The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair even if he was suffering more than yesterday. At the moment the prognosis is reserved.”
Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, but it turned into pneumonia in both lungs, causing widespread alarm.
The pontiff’s doctors had told a press conference on Friday there was no imminent risk to his life but that he was “not out of danger”.
