The stories of Italian centenarians over the past 100 years have received great attention recently, as they managed to defeat the Corona virus, which kills thousands of lives every day around the world, especially in their country, which has one of the highest death rates from the pandemic.
And those who live in different Italian cities live in a normal life, with some people with their family and some in the role of the elderly, and the common denominator among them is a strong memory and demand for life, even in its simplest pleasures such as reading a newspaper or a share of walking in the neighborhood or eating a meal with the family or following a competition Athletic.
The newspaper "Corriere della Sera" monitored the stories of these old people full of events and situations, and said that Alberto Bellucci (101 years) participated in the Second World War and was subjected to families twice by the Germans but managed to escape. Two weeks ago, he was facing another enemy, the Coruna Virus, and he was able to defeat him after spending two weeks in a hospital in Rimini (center).
As for Ada Zanoso, who will be 104 years old on August 16, she looks as skinny as a "wren but very strong", and her memory is still strong and she lives in a nursing home in Pella, near Turin.
Zanoso was recently the subject of widespread international media attention after she contracted Corona in early March and recovered nearly two weeks after hospitalization. Her children say the secret to her long life is "her beautiful character and strong will" and her persistence in reading and repeating religious supplications.
Despite her old age, Italica Grondona (102 years old) is still passionate about rock music and interested in sports competitions, where one of her grandchildren says that she "has always loved dancing and is passionate about sports and watches everything on TV, from motorbikes to cars, from artistic gymnastics to Snowboarding, but she does not like football. "
Grondona entered the hospital in the city of Genoa (northwest) in late February due to heart problems and some complications from diabetes, but tests showed she was infected with the Corona virus.
A week ago she recovered from the virus and left the hospital and became the focus of widespread attention not only because international television stations conveyed her story, but also because her favorite star, motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi called her to ask about her condition. Her appetite remains open to eating, and one of her relatives is joking that she is "actually always hungry!"
In the city of Cremona, in the province of Lombardy (northern Italy), which is one of the regions most affected by the Corona virus, Michelangelo Scotella (97 years old) is looking to resume his life today by going to a newspaper, shopping and cooking store, after recovering from the effects of the Corona virus about two weeks ago.
In his career, Scotella, who saw the light in Santa Giurgia - a small town in the Reggio Calabria region of southern Italy - worked as an employee, but he was also a naval officer. Scotella spends his time reading newspapers and books and watching TV. He finally remembered that his brother Lino had reached a hundred years.