Pele responding well to treatment for respiratory infection

SOURCE: AP — The Albert Einstein hospital says Brazilian soccer great Pele is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and his health condition has not worsened over the latest 24 hours.

The 82-year-old Pele has been at the hospital since Tuesday.

Get well messages have poured in from around the world for the three-time World Cup winner as he also undergoes cancer treatment.

Pele’s daughter posted several pictures on Instagram from Brazil fans in Qatar wishing her father well with flags and banners.

Buildings in the Middle Eastern nation also displayed messages in support of the former soccer great.