PARIS 鈥� 贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚听辞濒诲别蝉迟听person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week, her caregivers said.
Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in Toulon, southern France, on January 16. She was isolated from other residents but displayed no symptoms.
Asked if she was scared to have Covid, Sister Andre told France鈥檚 BFM television, 鈥淣o, I wasn鈥檛 scared because I wasn鈥檛 scared to die鈥� I鈥檓 happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else 鈥� join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother.鈥�
David Tavella, spokesman for the Sainte Catherine Labour茅 retirement home, said she was doing well.
鈥淲e consider her to be cured. She is very calm and she is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.鈥�
He said Sister Andre, who is blind but very spirited, will celebrate her birthday with a smaller group of residents than usual because of coronavirus infection risk.
鈥淪he has been very lucky,鈥� he added.
贰耻谤辞辫别鈥檚 oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday on Thursday, February 11, 2021, her caregivers said. Sister Andre, who was born on February 11, 1904, is the听飞辞谤濒诲鈥檚听second-辞濒诲别蝉迟听living person according to the Gerontology Research Group鈥檚 (GRG) World Supercentenarian Rankings List. Screengrab from REUTERS Video
Sister Andre, who was born on February 11, 1904, is the听飞辞谤濒诲鈥檚听second鈥�辞濒诲别蝉迟听living person according to the Gerontology Research Group鈥檚 (GRG) World Supercentenarian Rankings List. The听辞濒诲别蝉迟听person is Japan鈥檚 Kane Tanaka, who turned 118 on January 2.
The听飞辞谤濒诲鈥檚听20听辞濒诲别蝉迟听people in the GRG list are all female.