Former Italian PM Berlusconi in hospital since Tuesday - sources

Reuters

07 April, 2021, 03:40 pm

Last modified: 07 April, 2021, 03:41 pm

Former Italian PM Berlusconi in hospital since Tuesday - sources

One of the sources said the 84-year-old media tycoon was hospitalized for follow-up tests after contracting coronavirus in September last year.

Reuters

07 April, 2021, 03:40 pm

Last modified: 07 April, 2021, 03:41 pm

Photo: Reuters

Photo: Reuters

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been in hospital since Tuesday afternoon for check-ups, two sources within his Forza Italia party said on Wednesday.

One of the sources said the 84-year-old media tycoon was hospitalized for follow-up tests after contracting coronavirus in September last year.

Berlusconi underwent major heart surgery in 2016 and has also survived prostate cancer.

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