AMSTERDAM: A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from COVID-19, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world. Cornelia ...
FILE PHOTO: An ambulance van with a patient leaves Bernhoven hospital, as the spread of coronavirus disease continues, in Uden, Netherlands, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwAMSTERDAM: A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from COVID-19, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.
Cornelia Ras fell ill on Mar 17, the day after her 107th birthday, Dutch newspaper AD reported, after attending a church service with other residents of her nursing home on Goeree-Overflakkee, an island in the southwest of the country.She and 40 others at the service were subsequently diagnosed as carrying the virus.
Twelve of that group have since died, but Ras was told by her doctors on Monday that she had beaten the infection."She takes no medicines, still walks well and gets down on her knees every night to thank the Lord. From the looks of it, she will be able to continue to do so."
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