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The oldest person in Europe, the French nun, Sister Andre, survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday tomorrow, her caregivers said.
Lucile Randon, who took the name Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus at her retirement home in Toulon, southern France, on January 16.
She was isolated from other residents, but showed no symptoms.
When asked if she was afraid of having the virus, Sister Andre told French television BFM: “No, I was not scared because I was not afraid of dying.
“I am happy to be with you, but I would like to be in another place, join my older brother, my grandfather and my grandmother.”
David Tavella, a spokesman for the Sainte Catherine Labouré retirement home, said he was doing well.
“We consider that she is cured. She is very calm and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday,” she said.
Tavella said Sister Andre, who is blind but in high spirits, will celebrate her birthday with a smaller group of residents than usual due to the risk of coronavirus infection.
“He’s been very lucky,” he added.
Mr Andre, who was born on February 11, 1904, is the second oldest living person in the world according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) Supercentennial World Rankings List.
The oldest person is Kane Tanaka from Japan, who turned 118 on January 2.
The 20 oldest people in the world on the GRG list are all women.
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