Former Polish president Lech Walesa in hospital with covid-19

Former Polish president Lech Walesa (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Lech Walesa, Poland’s 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been taken to hospital with a severe case of covid-19, an aide said on Tuesday.

A post on Mr Walesa’s Facebook page shows him on a hospital bed with an oxygen mask on, with a caption that says “I have been hit by covid”.