Italian businessman Flavio Briatore
said Tuesday that he has had worse illnesses after recovering
from COVID-19.
The 70-year-old businessman, a former F1 boss and owner of the
'Billlionaire' nightclub in Sardinia, had a spell at Milan's San
Raffaele Hospital with the disease last month.
He was a vocal critic of coronavirus-linked restrictions before
contracting it.
"I don't want to play down the illness but last year I was very
ill.I had pneumonia," he said in a video posted on Instagram.
"I was taken in at the San Raffaele that time too and I was
really bad.
"It was absolutely not comparable to the last 24 days. I was
three or four days in hospital and then I was treated at the
house of (right-wing politician) Daniela Santanchè
"I think it is my duty to talk about my experience because I
have realised that COVID can be defeated and collective
psychological hysteria must not be fed".
Dozens of people tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting
Billionaire this summer.
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