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Coronavirus: former Italy PM Berlusconi in hospital as second wave fears grow in Europe
- The 83-year-old flamboyant former prime minister was taken to a hospital in Milan ‘as a precaution’, according to his aides
- It came as Spain continues to battle a spike in confirmed cases around its capital and Germany recorded 1,430 new daily cases
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Italy’s flamboyant former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised, his aides said on Friday, days after the media tycoon became the latest high-profile figure to contract the coronavirus.
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Berlusconi was taken to San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Thursday night “as a precaution” after suffering “certain symptoms”, but there was “no cause for concern”, a statement said.
The AGI news agency said Berlusconi, who turns 84 at the end of this month, was hospitalised in a room that he often occupies when staying at the facility. AGI said this indicates that his condition is not serious, or he would be in intensive care.
Licia Ronzulli, a senator with Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, said the former prime minister “spent the night in hospital to check on his condition … but he is fine”.
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Berlusconi announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was in quarantine at home.
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