Chilean woman of 111 years survived coronavirus

A chilean woman of 111 years has survived to be infected with the coronavirus. She is thus the oldest in south America, which have survived to be infected.

Juan Zúñiga that fills the 112-year in July, was raskmeldt the 10. may. She was one of 25 persons who were infected with the Covid-19 at a nursing home in the capital city of Santiago, informs the state ældreforsorg, Senama.

the Authorities believe to have been successful with a strategy, where residents in nursing homes have been scattered in order to create distance between them. This has been a contributing reason for the 111-year-old has survived.

Chile has 82.289 confirmed coronatilfælde - the third number in south America after Brazil and Peru. The number of dead with coronasmitte in Chile is on 841.

In Spain, has a 113-year-old woman, who is believed to be the oldest living person in the country, also survived coronavirusset.

Maria Branyas was infected in april at a nursing home in the city of Olot, north of Barcelona, where several other residents died of the virus, informed the nursing home the 12. may.

Maria Branyas, who is the mother of three, was isolated in his room for several weeks, where only one person in full protection, had to examine her, informed the Catalan television station TV3.

the Nursing home houses just over 100 residents, and several of them are dead.

Maria Branyas was born 4. march 1907 in San Francisco, the UNITED states, where her Spanish father worked.