Silvio Berlusconi leaves intensive care after treatment for lung infection

Former Italian PM, who had been suffering from breathing problems, showing improvement, says doctor

The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has left intensive care at a hospital in Milan, where he was being treated for the past 12 days for a lung infection and leukaemia.

The 86-year-old has been transferred to another ward at the San Raffaele hospital as a result of the “constant improvement” of his condition, his medics said.