100-year-old Myanmar woman beats coronavirus

Thein Khin, a 100-year-old woman in Myanmar who beat coronavirus infection, thinks days during World War -2 were worse and coronavirus pandemic is nothing in comparison though no medicine and vaccine have yet been made available. She was asymptomatic and was kept in isolation after having been found positive for the infection. Virus had spread among four generations of her family and she says that she was more worried about her grandchildren.

"I felt nothing. I was eating well, showering myself and walking as normal," she said at her home in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, surrounded by small children.

"If I suffered from this virus, I would be lying and moaning on the bed. But I am strong, walking around. I felt nothing."

older people are more vulnerable to the virus. The risks are higher in poor countries where there aren't enough healthcare facilities to take care of infected people.

But the sprightly senior was not surprised to emerge unscathed from COVID-19, having had, she said, no major illnesses.

"The situation during World War Two was so much worse. I heard this virus pandemic is also dangerous across the world. But I feel this disease is nothing," she said.

"Of course, I'm worried for my children and grandkids. Death is no matter for me because I am very old. I have escaped from many deadly, worse and dangerous situations."

Her granddaughter, Win Win Yee, said the family were thankful all 10 infected members were safe, but would take nothing for granted.

"We are still so scared of getting infected again," she said. "That's why we don't go anywhere outside ... We locked ourselves down."

Coronavirus cases in Myanmar have passed 29,000, from just a few hundred in August, with more than 660 deaths.

Ref: wionews