Berlusconi was admitted to the clinic on April 5 after complaining of breathing problems. Doctors diagnosed a lung infection and announced leukemia.

The celebrity patient spent the first week and a half in intensive care before being transferred to a normal ward. Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who leads a governing coalition with Berlusconi's Forza Italia, visited the 86-year-old on Sunday and said afterwards that he was in an "excellent mood"