Argentina receives more Sputnik V 1:12 vaccines
(CNN Spanish) -
For Elena Pisani "health is important, but courage and attitude are fundamental."
It is about the 100-year-old grandmother who managed to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and decided to celebrate it by taking fernet, one of the most consumed beverages in Córdoba, the Argentine province where she lives.
Elena turned 100 years old on June 3 and last Tuesday, March 10, she received the first dose of the Sputnik V vaccine at the Brigadier General Juan Bautista Bustos Convention Center.
The grandmother assured that, to reach that age, it is key to take a fernet every day, although she clarified that for digestive purposes and never exceeding it.
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His story went around the world, not only because he was the longest-lived person to be vaccinated with the Russian preparation, but also because of his taste for the bitter Italian concoction.
Even the official Sputnik V account shared the news and through Twitter they invited their followers to meet their grandmother: «Elena from Córdoba, Argentina, is 100 years old!
Several times a great-grandmother, Elena says that the recipe for her longevity is 'look ahead, work and take a sip of fernet and coke' ”.
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His arrival at one hundred years of life occurred in the hardest stage of his quarantine and he could not celebrate it with his relatives.
Nor was he able to receive medical treatment that would allow him to walk again.
But the vaccine renewed Elena's hopes of turning another year and being able to be reunited with her three children, seven grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
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Precisely, one of her granddaughters was the one who took her to be vaccinated and she will do so once again on April 20 so that she can receive the second dose of the Sputnik V vaccine.
According to her relatives, 4 months ago she took up medical assistance that helps her take a new step every day.
Always in good spirits, Elena shares her striking secret to stay in good health and overcome adversity: "look ahead, work with pleasure and get along with people."