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Ex-Italian PM Berlusconi admitted to hospital: sources

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Reuters

September 01, 2021

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the media as he leaves Milans San Raffaele hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus disease. Photo Reuters
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to the media as he leaves Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus disease. Photo Reuters

  • Ex-Italian PM admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital for a new health check-up.
  • Berlusconi has been in and out of the hospital over the past year after contracting coronavirus
  • Says contracting coronavirus was 'the most dangerous challenge' of his life.

ROME: The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital for a new health check-up, said a source within Berlusconi’s party Wednesday.

He was last hospitalised last week when he spent one night at San Raffaele.

Berlusconi, 84, has been in and out of hospital over the past year after contracting coronavirus, which he said was "the most dangerous challenge" of his life.