Nun and earliest individual in Europe, 116, recuperates from Covid

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    Sister Andre, born Lucile Randon, Europe's oldest person who tested positive for coronavirus and survived

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    Sister Andre is even all set to commemorate her 117th birthday tomorrow (Picture: Getty Images)

    A 116-year-old nun, thought to be the 2nd earliest individual on the planet, has actually beaten coronavirus.

    Sister Andre, born Lucile Randon, evaluated favorable for Covid-19 in mid-January in the southern French city of Toulon.

    But simply 3 weeks later on she is as fit as a fiddle and is set to commemorate her 117th birthday tomorrow.

    The infection has actually declared 12 lives at her retirement home in the city of Toulon, so personnel were ‘really worried’ about what would take place to her.

    But Sister Andre, who is thought about to be Europe’s earliest individual, informed French paper Var-Matin: ‘I didn’t even understand I had it.’

    The nun, who is likewise blind, stated she did not even stress when she heard the news of her medical diagnosis and wound up being asymptomatic.

    Sister Andre (C), Lucille Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French citizen, poses with Toulon's Mayor Hubert Falco (R) and schoolchildren during an event to celebrate her 116th birthday in the EHPAD (Housing Establishment for Dependant Elderly People) in Toulon, southern France, where she has been living since 2009. - Sister Andre was born February 11, 1904. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Born Lucille Randon, Sister Andre is believed to be the earliest individual in Europe (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

    Sister Andre (C), Lucille Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French citizen, is pushed in a wheelchair during an event to celebrate her 116th birthday in the EHPAD (Housing Establishment for Dependant Elderly People) in Toulon, southern France, where she has been living since 2009. - Sister Andre was born February 11, 1904. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Staff were stressed after her medical diagnosis, however Sister Andre didn’t let it get her down (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

    Communications supervisor for the Sainte Catherine Labouré house, David Tavella, stated: ‘She didn’t ask me about her health, however about her practices.

    ‘For example, she wished to know if meal or bedtime schedules would alter.

    ‘She showed no fear of the disease. On the other hand, she was very concerned about the other residents.’

    Sister Andre, initially from Ales, Gard, evaluated unfavorable a couple of days back and was amongst 81 of 88 homeowners at the house who captured Coivid-19.

    The earliest confirmed living individual on the planet is 118-year-old Kane Tanaka, from Japan.

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