prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, 82, was
hospitalised in Milan on April 30, 2019, reportedly with kidney
stone pain. / AFP
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, has been
hospitalised “as a precaution”, a statement from his entourage said
Friday.
It said the media tycoon was taken to San Raffaele hospital in
Milan on Thursday night after suffering “certain symptoms”, but
there was “no cause for concern.”
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
he stays 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 the ital to
check on his condition… but he is fine.”
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Berlusconi announced Wednesday that he had tested positive for
the novel coronavirus and was in quarantine at home.
Two of his children – daughter Barbara, 36, and son Luigi, 31 –
have also contracted the virus, as has his companion Marta
Fascina.
Berlusconi, who once owned AC Milan, had insisted on Wednesday
that he would continue his political activities.
“I will be present in the electoral campaign with interviews on
televisions and in newspapers,” he said during a video-conference
of Forza Italia’s women’s movement.
He recognised “the limitations imposed on my activities by
testing positive for the coronavirus… but I will continue the
battle.”
Regional elections are due to take place in two weeks as well as
a referendum on reducing the number of Italian
parliamentarians.
AFP