Coronavirus: 103-year-old woman recovers from COVID-19

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Having lived through the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 before surviving two world wars, Ada Zanusso tested positive for coronavirus at age 103 – and her doctors thought her fate was sealed

"I had some fever," she said, despite drifting in and out of consciousness while confined to bed for a week with the illness."I'm well, I'm well," Ms Zanusso said from the Maria Grazia Residence for the elderly in the region of Piedmont."I watch TV, read the newspapers.""Courage and strength, faith," she said , while advising others who fall ill to also"give yourself courage, have faith.

COVID-19 can cause mild or moderate symptoms and most of those who are infected recover, but the elderly and those with existing health problems can be at high risk for more serious illness.The virus has killed around 18,000 people in Italy and over 88,000 worldwide. The World Health Organisation says 95% of those who have died in Europe were over 60 years old.

 

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Great story 👍 but she evidently survived one world war (or at least the vast majority of it) before Spanish flu?

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