Italy's Berlusconi hospitalised after positive coronavirus test

Image: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo Former Italian Prime Minister and leader of the Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party Silvio Berlusconi.

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised in Milan for further checks after testing positive for the coronavirus, his Forza Italia party said on Friday.

The party said his medical condition was not a cause for concern.

The 83-year-old-media tycoon had been in isolation in his house in the town of Arcore, north of Milan.

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