Covid victim (85) not quite so dead

MADRID: An 85yearold woman believed by her family to have died from Covid19 surprised her relatives by returning to her care home nine days after they were told she had been buried, a newspaper reported yesterday.

After a mixup over names, the family of Rogelia Blanco were informed the pensioner had died of Covid19 on January 14 and her funeral was the next day, the La Voz de Galicia newspaper said. Due to restrictions, the family were unable to attend the funeral.

So when she arrived fit and well back at the care home in Xove, northern Spain, on Sunday where her husband, Ramon Blanco, also lived, he was overwhelmed.

It was the woman who shared a room with Blanco who had actually died.

The newspaper quoted the San Rosendo Foundation, which runs the care home, as saying the error occurred when Blanco and other residents who tested positive for Covid19 were transferred to another care home on December 30 for specialised treatment. — Reuters