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Silvana Donde
Silvana Donde
Donde on her 107th birthday in 2021
Birth: 3 February 1914
Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Death: 23 January 2022
Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Age: 107 years, 354 days
Country: Italy ITA
Centenarian

Silvana Donde (3 February 1914 - 23 January 2022) was an Italian centenarian who is one of the oldest known survivors of COVID-19, having recovered from the disease at the age of 106. She also recovered from Spanish Flu more than a century beforehand, making her one of a small number of people to have survived contracting both diseases.

Biography[]

Donde was born on 3 February 1914 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, where she currently lives in a nursing home. As a child, she recovered from Spanish Flu during the 1918-1920 pandemic.

In 2020, at the age of 106, Donde contracted COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. She successfully recovered, making her one of the oldest known survivors of the disease. She went on to celebrate her 107th birthday in February 2021.

Silvana Donde died on 23 January 2022 aged 107 years, 354 days.

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