Italian Woman Celebrates Her 102nd Birthday After Spending 20 Days in Hospital With Coronavirus
25th February 1955: A sponge birthday cake has chocolate icing and five candles. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)
Italica Grondona just celebrated her 102nd birthday in her hometown of Genoa, Italy. She was released from the hospital on March 26th after spending 20 days in the hospital battling coronavirus. Her doctors nicknamed her ‘Highlander’ – The immortal. Italica represents a hope for all the elderly facing this pandemic.
With all of the tough news coming out of Italy, I wanted to make sure you saw these stories as well! This is Italica Grondona, she's one of two Italians over 100 years old who have recovered from coronavirus.. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/KN82YnRB3E
— Dr. Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta) March 27, 2020
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