Berlusconi leaves hospital after his ‘most dangerous challenge’ with Covid-19

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi adjusts his face mask as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital in Milan (Luca Bruno/AP)

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from hospital after an “insidious” bout of Covid-19 he said was the most dangerous challenge he has faced.

Wearing a suit and smiling after taking off his face mask, the 83-year-old Mr Berlusconi said doctors at San Raffaele hospital in Milan told him he had the highest levels of virus they had seen in the tens of thousands of samples they had taken over the past six months.