Pope goes to Rome hospital for flu diagnostic tests | Video

Vatican City, Feb 28 (EFE) - (Camera: Antonello Nusca) Pope Francis went to the Gemelli hospital on Tiber Island in central Rome on Wednesday to undergo "some diagnostic tests", after he explained on Wednesday that he still has a cold and had previously been reported to have the flu.

"After the general audience, Pope Francis went to the Gemelli Isola Tiberina hospital to undergo some diagnostic tests.

He then returned to the Vatican," the Vatican confirmed. Francis arrived at the centre in the vehicle in which he normally travels and returned to the Vatican less than an hour later.

FOOTAGE OF POPE FRANCIS'S GENERAL AUDIENCE IN THE PAUL VI HALL AT THE VATICAN. SOUNDBITES OF POPE FRANCIS:

TRANSLATIONS:

-I still have a bit of a cold, so I asked Monsignor (Filippo) Ciampanelli to read the catechesis".

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Date: 28/02/2024 15:15 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Religion and belief » Religious leader
Type: Ready-to-use
Duration: 41 seconds
Reference: 7001340653
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