A 104-year-old Italian grandmother had become the oldest woman to overcome coronavirus.

Ada Zanusso, from Biella, started feeling unwell a week after Italy was placed into lockdown. Suffering from shortness of breath and vomiting, she was living in a care home where 21 residents have died from the virus, but incredibly, she has managed to make a full recovery.

In an interview with The Sun, one of her four sons Giampiero said: "I suspected it was coronavirus because of the number of cases at the care home.''

"They have sadly had a few fatalities there. But she has now recovered well and the doctors think she is the oldest person in the world to recover."

This 103-year-old Chinese grandmother also recovered from coronavirus:

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At the age of 104, this means that Ada has survived two pandemics, having lived through the Spanish flu in 1918.

Discussing the 104-year-old's recovery, Dr. Carla Furno Marchese added: "She is up and about and not lying in bed and she can walk to her chair.''

"She has lost none of her lucidity and intelligence. Her recovery is a great joy for us and a sign of good hope for all that are suffering in these difficult days."

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This hopeful news comes a day after Queen Elizabeth gave a special address to the UK and Commonwealth about the virus, per the BBC.

The Queen said: "I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time

"A time of disruption in the life of our country: a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all."

In addition to this message of hope, the Queen took the opportunity to praise NHS staff and key workers.

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The Queen also thanked the citizens who were doing their bit to flatten the curve of the virus by staying at home. She said: "I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.

"And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humored resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterize this country."

104-year-old grandmother in Italy becomes oldest woman to overcome coronavirus