A 74-year-old grandmother was ‘persuaded by her GP to waive emergency treatment’ if she were to contract Covid-19 and simply die at home. Margaret Emerson, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is at a high risk of severe illness from coronavirus, unwittingly agreed she would not call an ambulance if she were to … Read more
A 104-year-old Italian woman who survived the 1918 Spanish Flu has become the world’s oldest person to survive the coronavirus. Ada Zanusso fell ill at her nursing home in Biella in northern Italy on March 17, eight days after the Government imposed a lockdown on the country. She was tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing a … Read more
‘Remarkable and sparkly’ school mentor, 54, dies of coronavirus after recently becoming a grandmother for the first time Learning Mentor Carole Flynn, 54, died from coronavirus on Thursday She had worked at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School for sixteen years Colleagues say she was ‘a truly remarkable and sparkly person’ By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 10:10 … Read more
‘Remarkable and sparkly’ school mentor, 54, dies of coronavirus after becoming a grandmother for the first time Learning Mentor Carole Flynn, 54, died from coronavirus on Thursday She had worked at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School for sixteen years Colleagues say she was ‘a truly remarkable and sparkly person’ By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 10:10 BST, … Read more
British boxer Anthony Yarde reveals his grandmother has died from coronavirus just a few days after the disease also killed his father UK fighter Anthony Yarde says his grandmother died from coronavirus yesterday He appealed to people to ‘just stay home’ after his father also died last Friday It comes as 684 Britons died today … Read more
Great-grandmothers who have lived through both World Wars have been sharing their advice to surviving a global crisis – including ‘working alone’ and ‘remaining cheerful’. Winifred Burgoyne, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was born in 1911 and has lived through the sinking of the Titanic, two World Wars and the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. And … Read more
This is the heartwarming moment a family pulled a Love Actually-inspired stunt at their grandmother’s care home during the coronavirus lockdown. Joyce Giles, 84, is usually visited by Joanne Madden, 49, and her family a few times at week at her care home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. But last weekend, they figured out a way … Read more
Grandmother, 80, ‘is the first patient to die by catching coronavirus on a hospital ward’ Marita Edwards, 80, was a ‘very fit lady’ who regularly played nine holes of golf The former cleaner was admitted to a Newport hospital for a routine operation ‘If she had not been in hospital she would still be alive’ … Read more
A desperate disabled grandmother and her terminally ill husband says that they have been ‘left to die’ in the coronavirus pandemic, while local councils have urged the government to tell them the names of vulnerable people who need help. Kathryn Hadley, 63, says the country is ‘not united at all’ and the term ‘love thy … Read more
Italian grandmother, 95, becomes the oldest person to recover from coronavirus after being diagnosed with it earlier this month Alma Clara Corsini, 95, from Modena, Italy, was admitted to hospital on March 5 The grandmother who was diagnosed with coronavirus has since recovered Pensioner able to recover without ‘antiviral therapy’, according to Italian media Coronavirus … Read more