FAUSTO GRESINI is not out of the woods yet with his battle against COVID-19, after the MotoGP team boss’ condition worsened last week only just returning to stable.
Gresini is being treated at the intensive care unit of the Bologna hospital and has been since December 27. Doctors yesterday released a statement regarding the 60-year-old's condition describing a ‘sudden worsening’ of his respiratory function, Crash.net reports.
Gresini Racing in the Japanese GP | By Rikita - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
The respiratory failure has come about as an aftereffect of the COVID-19 virus that the Italian contracted over the Christmas period. He had shown signs of improvement in this time, although doctors have recently revealed that he had been through a complicated week.
The statement from Dr Nicola Cilloni read:
“Fausto Gresini is still hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Maggiore Hospital for the persistence of severe respiratory failure due to the complications of Covid infection - with important interstitial pneumonia,
“After a sudden worsening of the respiratory function in the past week, in the last few days the health conditions have improved - thanks also to machinery that helped remove carbon dioxide from the blood, allowing less stress on the lungs - while the general clinical picture remains serious and the prognosis is still confidential.”
The hashtag #GETWELLSOONFAUSTO has been set up to allow fans and followers to share their best wishes.
