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Former Italian PM Berlusconi tests positive for coronavirus | Former Italian PM Berlusconi tests positive for coronavirus |
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Silvio Berlusconi, MEP and former Italian prime minister, is isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, according to his office, but continues to work from home. | |
The 83-year-old tested positive “following a precautionary check,” the statement from his staff added. The leader of the Forza Italia party is currently quarantined at home in Arcore, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. | |
Berlusconi’s doctor Alberto Zangrillo confirmed the diagnosis to Italian media, and said that prior to the test the ex-PM was asymptomatic. | |
The media mogul, who ran four Italian governments between 1994 and 2011, will still be able to support his party’s candidates during upcoming regional elections, his team said. | |
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