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Iranian 107-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus: Fars

  (Reuters)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mon, May 25, 2020

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Iranian 107-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus: Fars An Iranian health inspector checks a makeshift hospital set up inside the Iran Mall, northwest of Tehran, on March 21, 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak. (STR/AFP/File)

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107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the new coronavirus has recovered, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

The woman, Saltanat Akbari, was admitted to the Khansari hospital in the central city of Arak. She was released from the hospital after spending "some time" in isolation.

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"She defeated the virus with the help of doctors and nurses at the hospital," Fars said.

Iran is one of the most affected countries in the Middle East with a total of 133,521 infected cases and 7,359 deaths. 

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