American journalist Larry King stands hospitalized for a covid-19 contagion, according to sources close to the family.

The news portal CNN en Español, noted that King carries more than a week hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the source said.

The same person added to the media that as a result of the protocols adopted by the pandemic, the three sons of Larry King (87) they have not been able to visit it.

The journalist would have a series of basic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. The news portal added that in 2017 Larry King revealed that he has lung cancer and that he had undergone surgery to treat the disease.

In 2019 his son Andy King died of a heart attack at age 65, while a few weeks later his daughter Chaia King, who was 52 years old, died. after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.