translated from Spanish: Without Covid-19 or pneumonia, “Cacho” Fontana was discharged

After s staying several days in hospital for a lung complication that had generated the coronavirus picture he was suffering from, “Cacho” Fontana was discharged. The news was confirmed by his daughter, Antonella, on his Twitter account. Citing a tweet from journalist Pablo Montagna, who communicated the novelty, the announcer’s daughter wrote: “Eternally grateful to all the staff of Fernandez Hospital.”
The historic driver spent 10 days interned at the Fernández Hospital, where he recovered, without major complications, from bilateral pneumonia from a painting of Covid-19.As explained his daughter, Norberto Palese – his real name – celebrated his 89th birthday – on April 23 – in good spirits, after having made the 20th of that same month a swab that gave him negative. A day after the celebration he was transferred to Fernandez Hospital for pneumonia and as the protocol requires, he was given a new test to detect the presence of coronavirus in the hospital. The result was positive, beyond that he already had the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and had even had Covid-19 in July last year. Days later, the news began circulating that the announcer had passed away, and it was he himself who had to go out and deny those versions. “I’m alive, ” he said, from the health center.

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