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102-Year-Old New York Woman Recovers From Coronavirus

When Sophie Avouris of New York came down with COVID-19, her family did not expect her to recover. Avouris' doctor is not sure how she beat the illness.

Sophie Avouris was a newborn in Greece when the 1918 influenza pandemic spread through Europe. Now, at 102, she has survived a coronavirus infection in a Manhattan rehabilitation center.

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