Maria Branyas, Spain's oldest woman at 113 years, has recovered from the coronavirus. She was diagnosed in March, after Spain went into lockdown, and has now recovered having only experienced mild symptoms. She lived through the Flu pandemic of 1918-19, the Spanish Civil war of 1936-39, and now the current pandemic.
She was born in Mexico in 1907, moved to the US with her family when she was a child, and later moved to Spain during World War One with her journalist father. She raised three children, has 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. For the last two decades she has lived in a care home in the city of Olot.
The news is not so good about 28 year old sumo wrestler Shobushi Kanji, who died of multiple organ failure brought on by COVID-19 triggered pneumonia. He is the youngest confirmed corona-related death in Japan and the first such death of a person in their 20's in the country. He began his sumo career in March 2007 and fought his way to the sandanme level with a 147-189 record. How sad to die so young.
Congratulations on her age of 113 years young. So sad that young man had to die, Sumo Wrestlers are amazing people, we have films of Sumo's wrestling when Mike lived in Japan.
Goes to show that the old don't always do from, and the young not always live through this virus. It can happen to anyone of us. My thoughts are with the families of the victims, especially those that die far too young.
The youngest in your country and the oldest in Spain, this awful virus doesn't distinguish.
ReplyDeleteThey say out of something bad, something good happens, a recovery, but so sad to have lost that young man in his prime.
ReplyDeleteJulie is absolutely right, the virus hits without distinction. Every Corona death is one too many.
ReplyDeleteWow that is a contrast in life isn't it! It is sad to see the young man has died, but great to see the lady has recovered.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on her age of 113 years young.
ReplyDeleteSo sad that young man had to die, Sumo Wrestlers are amazing people, we have films of Sumo's wrestling when Mike lived in Japan.
Catherine
This virus seems so unpredictable. Who would imagine that those two cases would end up the way they did.
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised about the sumo wrestler but the 113 woman is an amazing case!
ReplyDeleteGoes to show that the old don't always do from, and the young not always live through this virus. It can happen to anyone of us. My thoughts are with the families of the victims, especially those that die far too young.
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