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YAP Lay Hong, 102, is the oldest survivor of coronavirus in Singapore.
She was released from the Tan Tock Seng hospital on Friday.
Yap was one of 16 residents and staff members at Lee Ah Mooi Nursing Home who contracted the virus, a group that led to a ban on visitors to all nursing homes for the elderly this month.
Lee Ah Mooi stated on Facebook on Friday afternoon: “Today is a day of happiness when we welcome our residents who struggled to recover and overcome the Covid-19 virus.
“They were discharged from the hospitals and now they rest well at home. We appreciate the heroic and selfless efforts of our front-line healthcare colleagues who cared for them to regain health. ”
A 96-year-old resident remains in the hospital, but her condition has remained stable, administrator Lee Ah Mooi said. Then Kim Yuan.
Yap, who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, is among the rare centenarians fighting Covid-19 worldwide.
The oldest woman to survive the virus is a Dutch woman in the Netherlands, Cornelia Ras, 107, who recovered in about 20 days.
The virus has been fatal to 15 in Singapore, of which two, both 86, were residents of Lee Ah Mooi.
Yap, who has five children, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, tested positive on April 1.
Her second son Alan Ho said last week that his mother had always been in good health and was “confident that she could get ahead.”
Ho, 72, a retired office manager, said: “When the coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, I told my mother and how she had infected tens of thousands of people and that many had died. I told him to be careful.
She then described Yap as “fiercely independent and mobile even at the age of 102, and she walks daily and bathes under supervision.”
“His daily lifestyle and the way he beat Covid-19 are a true testament to his endurance and tenacity. Her story sheds a light of hope on all of us as we overcome this battle as a nation and a community. “- The Straits Times / ANN
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