(ANSA) - PERUGIA, 25 DEC - The president of the CEI, Cardinal Walter Bassetti, is again positive for Covid. The archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve is asymptomatic and his conditions are defined as good. This was communicated by the auxiliary bishop Msgr.
Marco Salvi, announcing that "all the pastoral commitments of the cardinal, during the Christmas period, have been canceled". "Ilcardinale Bassetti - said the prelate according to what is read in a note from the diocese -, after the onset of some flu symptoms he underwent a molecular swab on the morning of 25 December, proving positive for Covid-19".
Card. Bassetti "immediately isolated himself in his apartment in the archbishopric and is currently asymptomatic, being constantly monitored"announced Monsignor Salvi.
A little over a year ago, card.
Bassetti had contracted the virus, recovering after a few weeks of hospitalization.
Some spent in intensive care.
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