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106-year-old elderly people of Delhi recover from Kovid-19 infection, beat Spanish flu 102 years ago

Doctors said, ‘It is amazing that a 106-year-old man showed a desire to live’ (symbolic picture).

new Delhi:

In Delhi, an elderly over a hundred years of age has recently recovered more rapidly than his son from Kovid-19, who was four years old when the Spanish flu spread in 1918. His son is also around 70 years old. Doctors said that the 106-year-old patient was recently discharged from Rajiv…

A 106-year-old woman leaves UK hospital after recovering from coronavirus

Three weeks after testing positive for Covid-19, Titchen was discharged from Birmingham City Hospital in the UK.

“She is our oldest patient to beat the virus — and may well be the oldest in the country to do so,” the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust said Wednesday.

Nurses at the hospital lined the corridor to applaud the great-grandmother of eight as she was wheeled out to be sent home.

Midterm elections: 106-year-old woman granted US citizenship on voting day

When Maria Valles Vda De Bonilla moved to the United States from El Salvador 16 years ago – aged 90 – there was one thing she requested: to become a citizen.

She wanted to be able to vote in the adopted country she loves, something she was never able to do in El Salvador – first because it was not legal for women to vote, and later because the polling locations were too far away and the journey…

John McCain’s 106-year-old mother Roberta to attend late senator’s funeral

John McCain’s 106-year-old mother, Roberta McCain, is expected to attend the upcoming Washington memorial service for her son, who died last week of brain cancer.

Though slowed by a recent stroke, Ms McCain will attend Saturday’s service, as well as Sunday’s burial at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland – a familiar location for Ms McCain, who saw both her husband…

106 Year Old Virginia McLaurin Finally Makes it to the White House

By Cheriss May | Ndemay Media Group

I had the pleasure of meeting Virginia McLaurin in 2011 when she was 102 years old. “I never thought I’d get this age,” McLaurin said. Ms. McLaurin also talked about how happy she was to be “a part” of seeing a Black President.

In 2011, she volunteered at the DC Public School Sharp, a school for mentally and physically disabled children. She also was a foster grandparent for the United Planning Organization for over 20 years.

Ms. McLaurin was a guest at Walmart’s “Older Americans Day” where older Americans were given the opportunity to explore the America I AM: The African American Imprint exhibit.  The event, which was sponsored by  Walmart and the National Council on Aging, was held on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.

106-Year-Old Woman Dances With The President And FLOTUS In Honor Of Black History Month

Virginia McLaurin has wanted to meet the president ever since he was elected into office. In 2014, she posted a video to YouTube as an attempt to reach out to Obama and his family to let them know how proud she was that her country had elected a president of color, and how badly she wished to meet them. As we all know, February is Black History Month, when we all celebrate the culture and the…

Overjoyed 106-year-old breaks into dance when she meets the Obamas

Virginia McLaurin, a 106-year-old woman, was so excited when she met President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle that she busted out some dance moves with the two during her visit to the White House on Thursday. McLaurin’s inspiring story: http://on.mash.to/1QtIpY7 Read more… More about Barack Obama, Politics, White House, Youtube, and Us World Mashable