Fatima Negrini, who is due to turn 109 on June 3rd, received the jab on Monday along with other residents of the Anni Azzurri San Faustino care home in Milan, a spokesman for her care home told AFP.
“The arrival of the vaccine for her and all guests and staff… represents a moment of great happiness and a first step towards a return to peaceful everyday life inside the facility,” said Matteo Tessarollo.
When Negrini shook off the virus last year, the Corriere della Sera newspaper quoted her as saying: “God forgot about me.”
« Fatima Negrini, de nationalité italienne, vaccinée à 108 ans ». https://t.co/wrtKLqiYnM pic.twitter.com/BYsArVF1nt
— la grosse pizz (@lovechandlerb) January 18, 2021
Italy began coronavirus vaccinations on December 27 and has since inoculated 1.15 million people.
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On Monday, a vaccine was also given to Sami Modiano, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor from Rome, according to regional president and leader of the centre-left Democratic Party Nicola Zingaretti.
Posting a picture of Modiano getting the jab on Twitter, Zingaretti called it “an image of trust and hope for everybody”.
Sami Modiano, sopravvissuto ad #Auschwitz, ha appena fatto il vaccino anti #Covid insieme a sua moglie Selma.
Nel Lazio abbiamo iniziato le vaccinazioni per gli over 80 anni.
Avanti così, un’immagine di fiducia e speranza per tutti!
Grazie Sami!#vaccinoCovid pic.twitter.com/oIq3wpCvut
— Nicola Zingaretti (@nzingaretti) January 18, 2021
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