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In this photo, taken on April 1, 2020, a 103-year-old Adazanusso poses with a nurse in Maria Grazia, a retirement home in Lessona, northern Italy, after recovering from a coronavirus. To recover from a coronavirus infection, Zanso encourages courage and religion, as she did. It’s the same qualities that have helped her well for nearly 104 years on Earth. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but some people, especially the elderly and those with existing health problems, can cause more serious illness or death There is.

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ROME — Ada Zanusso recommends courage and religion to recover from coronavirus. Courage and religion are the same qualities that have contributed to her for nearly 104 years.

Italy, along with neighboring France, has the largest population in Europe, called the “super-elderly.” At least 100 people. As the country with the highest number of deaths in COVID-19, Italy is an old survivor for its super inspiration.

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” Zanusso said on Tuesday during a video call between the AP and the elderly at an elderly man in Maria Grazia’s house in Lessona, a town in northern Piedmont. “I watch TV and read newspapers.”

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Zanusso wore a protective mask and also a 35-year-old physician, Carla Fano Marchese. Carla Fano Marcheze also wore glasses and a gown over her head.

Zanusso asked about her illness is modest: “I had a little fever”

Her doctor said Zanusso had been sleeping for a week.

“We watered her because she wasn’t eating and then thought she didn’t intend to make it because she was always sleepy and unresponsive.”

“One day she opened her eyes again and resumed work as before,” said Fano Marquisse. The doctor remembered when Zanusso was able to get up, and then managed to get up from bed.

What helped her get over the disease? “Courage and strength, faith,” Zanusso said. Since it worked for her, she advises others who are sick to “encourage and have faith”.

COVID-19 can cause mild or moderate symptoms, and most infected people recover. However, older people and people with existing health problems may be at higher risk for more serious illness.

The virus kills nearly 18,000 people in Italy and more than 88,000 people worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, 95% of people who died in Europe were over 60 years old.

Under a five-week blockade in Italy intended to contain the epidemic of infectious diseases that overwhelmed hospitals, visitors cannot enter homes for the elderly.

Her doctor asked Zanusso “when they opened the door” what she wanted to do.

“I want a nice walk,” she replied. And what about your three grandchildren? “Watch them play together.”

With deaths, hospitalizations and new infections flat in Italy, Giuseppe Conte Premier will soon announce how long the blockade will continue, hoping that some restrictions will be relaxed.

So far, Zanusso has been isolated from other residents while waiting for a follow-up swab test to confirm that she is negative for the virus.

She grew up in Treviso in northeastern Veneto and has worked in the textile industry for many years. Zanusso, who turns 104 on August 16, has four children, three of whom are alive. There are four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

“She is old but healthy and has no chronic illness,” her doctor said.

This week, Milanese newspaper Corriere della Sera devoted a page to a story about a super-old survivor called “Healing at 100.” Inspiring portraits contrast with the news of numerous deaths among the elderly living in Italian nursing homes and other welfare facilities.

Most of the victims who died in nursing homes were not tested for COVID-19, which is reflected in the overall coronavirus deaths in Italy. Not the highest in the world.

Medical staff were “very hard,” said doctor Furno Marchese. “It was so urgent that so many people were sick, and it was very rewarding to see positive results for me and all those who worked hard here. did.”

Outside the non-profit 61-bed Maria Grazia Residence, the Italian flag is flying with half staff in honor of those who have died from the virus.

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