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French nun, world s 2nd-oldest person, fends off COVID ahead of her 117th birthday
February 10, 2021 / 6:52 AM / AP
Paris A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world s second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday. The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, lists Frenchwoman Lucile Randon Sister André s birth name as the second-oldest known living person in the world.
An image made from BFM TV video shows Sister Andre, born Lucile Randon, being interviewed by David Tavella, Communications Manager for the Sainte Catherine Laboure Nursing Home in Toulon, France, February 9, 2021.
The world's second-oldest person has now survived two global pandemics before her 117th birthday. Sister André, a retired French nun with the given name Lucile Randon,.
Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived COVID-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week, her caregivers said. Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in Toulon, southern France, on Jan. 16. Asked if she was scared to have COVID, Sister Andre told France's BFM television, "No, I wasn't scared because I wasn't scared to die. I'm happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else – join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother."
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