THREE-TIME ITALIAN PM SILVIO BERLUSCONI DOWNED BY COVID

Three-time ex-premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has a "bland" lung condition after being hospitalized with COVID-19 in Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, his personal physician, said Friday. Berlusconi is not in intensive care, the Italian news agency ANSA reported late on September 4, 2020.

Zangrillo said the three-time former premier and media magnate had a "bland" case of lung infection from the virus and described the clinical picture as "tranquil and comforting," contrary to reports that Berlusconi was having respiratory support. He said the media mogul's mood was "not the best, nor is mine."

The general condition of the center-right Forza Italia (FI) leader is not concerning, the hospital said. A CAT scan revealed that he is suffering from "precocious bilateral pneumonia." Pneumologist Luca Richedli, a member of the government's COVID scientific and technical committee (CTS), said "I am convinced it was a precautionary hospitalization and that there will be a positive evolution." Berlusconi’s daughter

Barbara, who also has COVID, said media reports she had given her father the virus after a holiday in Capri were "inhuman."