A 102-Year-Old Leaves Singapore Hospital After Fighting Virus

A 102-year-old woman born during the Spanish flu pandemic was discharged from a Singapore hospital after battling coronavirus, joining the handful of centenarian survivors of the outbreak.

The woman, who has five children, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, was among 16 residents and staff of the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home in the city-state who tested positive for the virus, the Straits Times reported. Two 86-year-old residents from the nursing home were among the 16 fatalities from coronavirus in the country, which now has more than 17,000 cases, the paper said.