Mario Vargas Llosa goes to a floor ‘suite’ in the hospital after four days isolated by covid

The latest information about the state of health of the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner is very positive. Vargas Llosa, who was admitted to the Ruber Internacional clinic afflicted by Covid-19 at the age of 87is stable and has already been transferred to the plant. Isabel Preysler’s ex occupies one of the ‘suites’ that the center reserves for VIP patients and is “covered and cared for by all the health personnel.”

Quite a relief for the family, who have spent some very difficult days pending the patriarch. This Monday, his daughter Morgana and Patricia Llosa, his ex-wife, went to the hospital with a very serious face to visit the writer. Of course, through a glass and at a good distance, because the author of The party of the goat has been in strict isolation since last Saturday with symptoms such as persistent cough and fever.

is the Second time that Vargas Llosa suffers from covid-19. The first was in April 2022, when he was still in a relationship with Isabel Preysler. Then, the Peruvian assured that it had not been a pleasant experience: “It was horrible, a very big scare. My legs were shaking a lot. The worst thing was waiting for the ambulance when I had already lost the ability to breathe, it took about two hours and I arrived at the hospital in a comatose state. Those were very difficult hours.”

It was his son Álvaro who, last Monday, announced that his father had been admitted again: “In view of the media’s interest in our father’s state of health, we make public that he has been hospitalized since Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19. 19. He is being treated by excellent professionals and accompanied by his family. We ask the media to respect his privacy and ours at this time.”

In view of the media’s interest in our father’s state of health, we make public that he has been hospitalized since Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19. He is being treated by excellent professionals and accompanied by his family. We urge the media…

— Álvaro Vargas Llosa (@AlvaroVargasLl) July 3, 2023