Berlusconi and Covid-19

Thursday, 3 September 2020. 83-year old - almost 84, actually - former PM Silvio Berlusconi is admitted to Milan’s hospital having tested positive to Covid-19 and apparently suffering from double pneumonia. He had been hanging about with friends (who also tested positive to the virus) without wearing a mask.

Silvio Berlusconi, whose 84th birthday is now three weeks away, was tested positive for Covid-19 last Wednesday, after holidaying in Sardinia. Due to his age, last Thursday he was admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, where a virus-related ‘mild’ lung infection has been diagnosed (earlier Berlusconi’s doctor, Dr Zangrillo, stated that an asymptomatic Berlusconi was quietly isolating in his home in Arcore). According to Berlusconi’s fellow politicians, it’s only “a small precautionary hospitalisation”, rumours about Berlusconi having been checked into intensive care have been denied. 

Flavio Briatore (70) and Silvio Berlusconi (83) met in Sardinia in August 2020 (YouTube)

The swab was administered to the former Italian Prime Minister when he came back from Sardinia, where he met a good friend, Flavio Briatore, a former Formula 1 team manager and businessman who owns the Billionaire nightclub, and who has also been tested positive for the virus. The two, Berlusconi and Briatore, met in Sardinia in August, where photos were taken and neither was wearing a mask. 

“It wasn’t me who infected Silvio”, declared Flavio Briatore. Some reckon the Billionaire might be a hotbed for Covid-19, while others think that Berlusconi’s Villa Certosa - where Briatore was hosted back in August - might be one.

In any case, in this chicken and egg situation Briatore tested positive, Berlusconi tested positive too, the virus also spreaded to Berlusconi’s new sweetheart Marta Fascina (a 30-year-old MP from Berlusconi’s Party Forza Italia, who replaced his former fiancée Francesca Pascale), and Berlusconi’s offsprings Luigi and Barbara have been infected as well. Mr Berlusconi received wishes for a speedy recovery from Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte, former wife Veronica Lario, and - obviously - from this very blog!

Auguri di pronta guarigione, Silvio!