Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto was hospitalized on May 21 after falling ill during a meeting of the Italian Supreme Defense Council. Crosetto, 60, was taken to San Carlo di Nancy hospital in Rome after experiencing chest pains.
Updates on Crosetto’s condition are pending as monitoring continues. In February, he was also hospitalized with suspected pericarditis, a non-serious inflammation around the heart that causes chest pain.
Several Italian politicians have wished him a speedy recovery on social media, including Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
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