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Natalia Penza & Graeme Murray

Covid survivor, 115, becomes world's oldest person after French nun dies aged 118

A Covid survivor aged 115 has become the world's oldest person.

Maria Branyas survived Covid two years ago and has now taken over from a French nun Lucile Randon who died at 118.

The American-born centenarian, who lives in Spain , became the oldest person ever to recover from the killer virus in May 2020.

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