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100-year-old Indonesian woman beats coronavirus

[서울=아시아뉴스통신] 레악카나기자 송고시간 2020-06-02 00:00

Kamtim, 100, sits in her living room with her daughter-in-law Siti Aminah in Surabaya, East Java after recovering from coronavirus. (Photo by= AFP/Juni Kriswanto)


[아시아뉴스통신=레악카나 기자] A 100-year-old woman recovered from COVID-19 in Indonesia, making her the country's oldest survivor. Kamtim, was discharged from hospital this week after a month of treatment in her hometown Surabaya, Indonesia's second-biggest city, officials said. East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she hoped Kamtim's story would give a boost to at-risk residents.

"I hope her recovery can motivate elderly people during the pandemic," Parawansa added.

Born in 1920, Kamtim was taken to hospital last month after showing symptoms and was later confirmed positive of the virus. Siti Aminah, the woman's daughter-in-law, chalked up her recovery to "discipline and persistence".

"Every day I checked her condition with nurses and they always told me that she was very strong and diligent about taking her medicine," Aminah told AFP."She was very motivated to get better."

It was not clear how the home-bound woman contracted the virus. "She probably got it when people from the neighbourhood came around to visit since she never goes outside," Aminah said. Indonesia has confirmed more than 26,000 cases of coronavirus and 1,613 deaths. Researchers estimate the true number of virus infections and fatalities is several times the official toll.

 

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