He is sick and old – Pele’s daughters update fans on his health

Flavia and Kely Nascimento, the daughters of football legend Pele, have revealed that the football legend is not close to death.

News surfaced that Pele was admitted to the hospital to treat a respiratory infection, aggravated by Covid.

According to his daughters, Pele is ‘not at risk’ despite reports that he was placed in ‘palliative care’ after his admission into Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday.

Speaking to Fantastico, Kely said: ‘About three weeks ago he got Covid. He is vaccinated, with all the vaccines, but because of the cancer medicine, the chemotherapy, which is fragile, he got a lung infection.

‘That’s why he went to the hospital, because of the lung infection. Is he serious? It’s serious, because he’s a certain age, he’s treating cancer.’

She continued saying: ‘At the hospital, he is better assisted. But he’s not in the ICU, he’s in a normal room. So he’s not at risk. As a person with a more delicate health, it is better to be in the hospital.’

Flavia told Fantastico: ‘It is very unfair to start talking that he is in a terminal state, with palliative treatment.

‘It’s not that. Believe us. More than anyone else, we don’t want that moment to come. Of course, one day it will happen, but it’s not now, you don’t need to be in that alarm anticipating a situation that doesn’t exist now.’