Former boxer and ex-world champion in four different weight categories, Roberto Duran, was hospitalized Thursday after contracting Covid-19, said his son Robin, who gave news of his father on the networks .
"My father's test results have just arrived and they confirm that he is positive for Covid-19," wrote Robin Duran on Instagram. “Thank God, for the moment, he has no symptoms beyond a cold. He is not in intensive care or on a ventilator, just for observation, "he added, adding that his father had" a lung damaged since a road accident that occurred several years ago in Argentina ".
"His lungs are fine"
Robin Duran had reported hours earlier that his 69-year-old father had been hospitalized as a precaution for a "respiratory virus", which turned out to be Covid-19. "We just spoke to the doctor who told us that his lungs are fine. We hope everything will be fine, ”concluded the son of the man who is considered a national hero in Panama, a country in which he is one of the greatest sportsmen in history.
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