110-year-old Moroccan survives Covid-19

AFTER spending 26 days at the Hassan II University Hospital Centre, a 110-year-old Moroccan woman has recovered from the novel coronavirus, becoming one of the oldest people in the world to beat the deadly disease.

Morocco World News reports that the woman left the care facility in the north-eastern town of Fez on Friday after two consecutive tests came back negative for the coronavirus.

The unnamed woman joins only a handful of centenarians around the world to survive coronavirus infection.

According to health authorities, the woman contracted the virus from her son, and her daughter-inlaw was also infected by him.

As Moroccan authorities continue their battle against the coronavirus, and despite infections still being reported daily, reports show that their efforts are paying off, as recoveries in the country seem to be on the rise.

In Europe, a 113-year-old woman from Spain’s north-eastern province of Girona also recovered from the coronavirus, reported Turkishbased Anadolu news agency. The same woman had also survived the Spanish flu pandemic that raged from 1918 to 1920.