The cases of pneumonia caused by the SarsCoV2 virus
that require assisted ventilation return to increase in Italy and the most recent of the Omicron sub-variants, BA.5, is responsible: this was told to ANSA by the national president of the
Emergency Health Service 118, Mario Balzanelli.
"We are starting to see things we no longer saw: while previous versions of Omicron spared the lower airways, we are now starting to see pneumonia caused by Omicron BA.5, which is able to reach the pulmonary alveoli."
"Viral forms of pneumonia requiring assisted ventilation" are observed.
