{"id":122731,"date":"2021-02-09T21:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122731"},"modified":"2021-02-09T21:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T02:27:31","slug":"very-lucky-116-year-old-french-nun-europes-oldest-person-beats-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-lucky-116-year-old-french-nun-europes-oldest-person-beats-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Very Lucky\u2019: 116-Year-Old French Nun, Europe\u2019s Oldest Person, Beats COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvery-lucky-116-year-old-french-nun-europes-oldest-person-beats-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-629433932-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A 116-year-old French woman who bears the distinction of being the oldest person in Europe survived a bout of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Lucile Randon, who turns 117 on Thursday and also goes by the name&nbsp;Sister Andr\u00e9, beat the coronavirus after testing positive last month at the&nbsp;Sainte Catherine Labour\u00e9 retirement home in Toulon, a city in southern France, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-france-sister\/europes-oldest-person-117-year-old-french-nun-survives-covid-19-idUSKBN2A91VV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The home quarantined her from the rest of the residents, though Randon, who is blind, exhibited no symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding whether she was frightened to have come down with the disease that poses particular danger to the elderly, Randon told France\u2019s BFM Television:&nbsp;\u201cNo, I wasn\u2019t scared because I wasn\u2019t scared to die\u2026 I\u2019m happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else \u2013 join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider her to be cured,\u201d said David Tavella, a spokesman for retirement home. \u201cShe is very calm and she is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been very lucky,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Born Feb. 11, 1904, Randon not only is the oldest person in Europe but also the second-oldest person in the world after Kane Tanaka, who beats her by a year at the age of 118, according to the Gerontology Research Group.<\/p>\n<p>Tavella said that Randon\u2019s birthday celebration will be smaller than usual because of COVID-19 infection risk.<\/p>\n<p>Adults over the age of 85 are 13 times more likely to need hospitalization from COVID-19, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/need-extra-precautions\/older-adults.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC). They are also 630 times more likely to die from the virus.<\/p>\n<p>According to an October 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6942e1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from the CDC:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>During February 12\u2013October 15, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in approximately 7,900,000 aggregated reported cases and approximately 216,000 deaths in the United States.* Among COVID-19\u2013associated deaths reported to national case surveillance during February 12\u2013May 18, persons aged \u226565 years and members of racial and ethnic minority groups were disproportionately represented.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rates of COVID-19 among nursing home residents continue to be substantial, according to a more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/70\/wr\/mm7002e2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC study<\/a> in January:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>There has been a substantial incidence of COVID-19 among nursing home residents and staff since May 2020. Rates of COVID-19 among residents and staff members in nursing homes fluctuated during weeks ending May 31\u2013November 22, with regional and temporal variability; however, trends resembled those in the surrounding communities. These data suggest that increases in community rates might be associated with increases in nursing home COVID-19 incidence and that nursing home mitigation strategies need to include a comprehensive plan to monitor local SARS-CoV-2 transmission and minimize high-risk exposures within facilities.<\/em><\/p>\n[\u2026]\n<p><em>Nursing homes are high-risk, congregate settings that require a comprehensive infection prevention and control strategy to reduce SARS-CoV-2 entry into the facility and mitigate transmission to prevent severe outcomes. CDC\u2019s nursing home guidance provides tiered recommendations for different phases of a COVID-19 response and should be implemented in addition to CMS regulatory requirements (9). Prioritization of nursing home residents and staff members for SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is an additional strategy to assist mitigation (10). Guidance and federal requirements could be further improved through assessing factors associated with the incidence of COVID-19 among nursing home staff members and residents, including factors associated with community-acquired infections leading to transmission within nursing homes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/100-year-old-veteran-who-raised-millions-walking-for-health-workers-dies-of-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100-Year-Old Veteran Who Raised Millions Walking For Health Workers Dies Of COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 116-year-old French woman who bears the distinction of being the oldest person in Europe survived a bout of COVID-19. 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