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Covid: 116-yr-old woman in Turkey beats the disease

- Agencies

A 116-year-old woman in Turkey has survived Covid-19, according to her son, making her one of the oldest patients to beat the deadly respirator­y disease.

Ayse Karatay has now been moved to a normal ward, her son Ibrahim told the Demiroren news agency on Saturday.

“My mother fell ill at the age of 116 and stayed in the intensive care unit for three weeks... Her health is very good now and she’s getting better,” he said.

French nun Sister Andre recovered from Covid-19 in February, days before her 117th birthday. She is the world’s second-oldest living person.

California: ICUS running out of beds as cases soar

Hospitals in the heart of California’s Central Valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units (ICUS), state officials announced on Friday, as a more in September, but has ye decide whether to roll out to healthy schoolchil­dren.

The government is “loo at by the end of Septem requiring Covid-19 vaccine c fication for entry to la venues where infection may be higher, vaccines m ter Nadhim Zahawi said i interview with Sky News.

Russia’s cases cross 7m

Russia’s coronaviru­s cases hit 7mn on Sunday, with country reporting 18,645 infections in the past 24 h and 793 more deaths.

Meanwhile, Austr reported 1,684 new cases o coronaviru­s on Sunday authoritie­s race ahead with cinations in a bid to end l downs on the populous so east coast in the hope of ma Christmas as close to norm possible.

Japan will issue online id-19 vaccinatio­n certific from December, the Ni newspaper reported on Sun

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