A French nun who is the oldest person in Europe recovered from COVID-19, a few days before her 117th birthday.
Lucile Randon, who took the name Sister Andre in 1944, tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on January 16, but showed no symptoms. She told local media that “she didn’t realize she had the virus”.
She was isolated separately from other residents in the nursing home located in Toulon, southern France, but now is considered to have fully recovered.
Sister Andre, who is blind and uses a wheelchair, is looking forward to celebrating birthday on Thursday – although she will be celebrating with a smaller group of friends than usual.
«She was very lucky», said David Tavella, spokesperson for the Sainte Catherine Labouré nursing home.
Tavella told the newspaper Var Matin: “He didn’t ask me about her health, but about her habits. For example, he wanted to know if she would change her eating or sleeping schedule. He didn’t show any fear of the disease. On the other hand, worried about the other residents of the house.”
Sister Andre was born on February 11, 1904. In addition to being the oldest person in Europe, she is also the second oldest person in the world, according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) rankings. The oldest person in the world is Japan's Kane Tanaka, who turned 118 on January 2.
When asked by the French radio‑television organization BFM whether she was afraid she had the COVID‑19 virus, Sister Andre said: “No, I wasn’t afraid, because I wasn’t afraid to die.”»
"I'm happy to be with you, but I'd like to be somewhere else – I'd like to meet my big brother, grandfather , and my grandmother."
COVID-19 continues its spread in all countries of the world, with governments of all countries trying to stop the pandemic through vaccines that have been released by various pharmaceutical companies.
Source of information: bbc.com
