Mandela ‘responding well’ to treatment for infection

A lung infection that has plagued 94-year-old Nelson Mandela has struck again, prompting doctors to admit the former South African president to hospital.

Mandela ‘responding well’ to treatment for infection

The presidency said Mandela was responding well to treatment and the medical team was acting with extreme caution because of the age of the anti-apartheid leader, who has become increasingly frail in recent years.

The Nobel laureate was admitted late on Wednesday to a hospital in Pretoria, the South African capital, in the latest in a series of such trips since last year. He has been particularly vulnerable to respiratory problems.

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