Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi tested for the new coronavirus, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, it’s happened to me too, I’m still fighting,” the 83-year-old media mogul told his supporters at a video assembly Wednesday, according to Reuters.
Berlusconi’s staff said he will remain quarantined at his home in the city of Arcore, north of Milan, according to Reuters. During his isolation, he will offer remote control to the applicants of his forza Italia party. Local elections are scheduled for 20-21. September.
The former minister’s non-public physician, Alberto Zangrillo, told the Italian media that Berlusconi had no symptoms and had asked for a check after spending a holiday in Sardinia recently. The island has noticed an increase in virus cases since it reopened for summer tourism.
Flavio Briatore, friend and spouse of Berlusconi, owner of a nightclub in Sardinia, tested positive in August. The hospital where Briatore entered said he had “received thousands of visitors in August, adding up a lot of Italian and foreign personalities,” according to the Guardian. At least 60 instances have connected to the nightclub on the island’s emerald coast.
Italy, the epicenter of the virus in Europe before this year. After more than 270,000 cases shown and 35,500 deaths, the pandemic has decreased, however, the number of cases has begun to increase over the following month. holiday activities for the top.
“I hope you will lead this war with the strength that has highlighted it,” said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, former leader of the rival Five Star Movement party, according to Reuters.
Berlusconi has served as Prime Minister in 4 other governments, adding 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and 2008-2011
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