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Coronavirus-sceptic Flavio Briatore hospitalised after contracting coronavirus

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Former Renault Formula One Team manager Flavio Briatore seen before the 2011 Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco at the Monte Carlo circuit, in Monaco, 29 May 2011 (reissued 25 August 2020). According to media reports, Italian businessman Flavio Briatore was hospitalized with coronavirus in Milan, Italy. Some 63 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Sardinian nightclub 'Billlionaire' which is owned by Briatore. EPA-EFE/VINCENT DAMOURETTE

Flavio Briatore, one of Italy’s most flamboyant businessmen who lambasted restrictions aimed at curbing the COVID-19 epidemic, was hospitalized on Tuesday after testing positive for the disease, his staff said in a statement.

The 70-year-old businessman, a former F1 boss and owner of the Sardinian ‘Billlionaire’ nightclub, has been taken to the San Raffaele Hospital in the Lombard capital.He is not in intensive care. Some 63 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Billionaire.

Briatore’s Billionaire is new Covid-19 cluster in Sardinia

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