Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Preysler overcome covid (separately)

• Pleasures Doa Sofía and Isabel Preysler, two queens united by music

At the end of last week the alarms went off when it became known that Mario Vargas Llosa was joinedby covid in a Madrid hospital. Despite the fact that in general the virus has significantly decreased in severity and that the majority of cases are mild, the 86 years of the writer and the fact of needing medical assistance unleashed a great concern around l.

But at noon on Monday children of the Peruvian share with relief the news of their father’s discharge. “Mario Vargas Llosa defeated covid. Now, home to continue with the recovery. Thank you science that saves lives and the medical staff for their dedication. We will always be very grateful to them. They have been fighting this pandemic for years. all our admiration for you”, published Morgana, Álvaro and Mario in their respective Twitter accounts along with a photograph in which they appeared the three with their famous father.

The surprise came when, after learning of the artist’s discharge, Isabel Preysler confessed to the magazine Hola! what she has also passed the virus at the same time as his partner, who was Vargas Llosa who infected him and who, like him, had already overcome it. Tamara Falc’s mother expressed her happiness with Mario’s return home and everything indicates that her case has been lighter than that of the writer.

It was the last Sunday of Holy Week when the writer had to make public that he had contracted the virus to communicate that it would be low of the bullfighting proclamation of Seville who had already confirmed their attendance. The illness of the Nobel Prize winner also meant that the Royal Spanish Academy had to postpone an act in which Vargas Llosa planned to speak with the director of the Institution in one of the acts that would kick off the Cervantes Week.