101-yr-old Italian recovers from COVID-19

A 101-year-old man in the coastal Italian city of Rimini hasrecovered from the novel coronavirus, the disease which has infected a total of80,589 people in the country and has claimed the lives of 8,215 others.

Italian news reports said that the man, referred to only as”Mr. P.”, is believed to be the oldest person to recover from thedisease, reports Xinhua news agency reported.

   

According to Gloria Lisi, Vice-Mayor of Rimini, Mr. P., whowas born in 1919, was admitted to the Rimini hospital — Ospedale Infermi diRimini — a week ago after testing positive for COVID-19.

In a televised interview on Thursday, Lisi said that as thepatient began to recover it became “the story everyone talked about”in the hospital.

“Everyone saw hope for the future of all of us in therecovery of a person more than 100 years old,” Lisi said.

“Every day we see the sad stories from these weeks thatmechanically tell about a virus that rages and is especially aggressive on theelderly. But he survived. Mr. P. survived.”

Lisi further said: “His family brought him home lastnight (Wednesday), leaving behind a lesson that even at the age of 101, thefuture is not set.”

The story of Mr. P. is a rare positive news item in acountry under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Currently, Italy has the highest number of fatalities, evensurpassing China where the coronavirus originated last December.

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