Europe’s oldest person and the world’s second oldest person has recovered from a novel coronavirus infection and will celebrate her 117th birthday today.
The Frenchman, a nun named Andrea and born Lucille Langdon in a nursing home in the southern French city of Toulon, was diagnosed with Novel coronavirus on Jan. 16.
The old man, who has shown no symptoms, has been released from quarantine, Reuters reported Monday.
“I didn’t even realize I had the virus,” the man said.
Sister Andrea has recovered, said Davide Tavila, a spokesman for the nursing home.
She is calm and looking forward to her 117th birthday on Thursday.
According to Tavella, Sister Andrea was not afraid when she learned that she was infected with novel coronavirus, but was very worried that she would infect other elderly people.
She also asked if being infected with the virus had affected her schedule of eating, sleeping and so on.
Of the 88 seniors in Sister Andrei’s nursing home, 81 tested positive for novel coronavirus last month.
About 10 infected people have died.
Sister Andrea is the second oldest person in the world, according to the Geriatrics Research Group, after Japanese woman Rikoko Tanaka, who celebrated her 118th birthday on January 2.
One of the agency’s main jobs is to verify the ages of people over 110 years old around the world.
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