Former prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has announced that he has the coronavirus. The current leader of the Forza Italia party is holed up in his home in Arcore, Lombardy where he is expected to spend a period of isolation.
According to Italian publication Ansa Berlusconi will continue to support his party's candidates in the upcoming regional and administrative elections via daily interviews from his home.
News of the politician's illness was confirmed by his party and his doctor Alberto Zangrillo, who is head of anesthesia and resuscitation at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Blog Sicilia reported.