This 107-year-old woman beat Covid-19
From CNN s Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson
Tillie Dybing. Ecumen
Tillie Dybing is a survivor.
At the age of 107, the Minnesota woman recently beat Covid-19 after being diagnosed this fall, according to officials at the Ecumen Detroit Lakes community home, where she has lived since 2015.
This isn t the first pandemic Dybing has lived through. Born in 1913, she was almost 5 years old when the 1918 flu pandemic hit her family farm in North Dakota, she told CNN affiliate KARE. My folks got sick and they were in bed, and I d run into the bed and my Dad said, Can t you find another place to run, she said.
Mystery Covid-19 cluster sparks Sydney testing rush
From journalist Angus Watson in Sydney, Australia
Health authorities in Sydney, Australia have issued a Covid-19 public health alert after diagnosing the first cases of community transmission since December 3.
Five community cases of Covid-19 have been discovered in Sydney since Wednesday, according to New South Wales health department.
Just one of the five cases can be traced a 40-year-old bus driver who ferried airline crews to and from their hotels.
The four mystery cases are all located in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area. Two were diagnosed on Wednesday and a further two on Thursday.