Italy’s former premier Silvio Berlusconi diagnosed with leukaemia, doctors say

The last years have seen Mr Berlusconi suffer numerous health problems, including heart ailments and covid-19 in 2020

Silvio Berlusconi (Alamy/PA)

Doctors for Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi say he is being treated for a lung infection that suggests he has a “chronic blood condition” that is a kind of leukaemia.

Mr Berlusconi’s personal physician, Alberto Zangrillo, signed off on a medical bulletin on Thursday that said Mr Berlusconi “has had for some time” leukaemia in a “persistent chronic phase”.