The 100-year-old man was discharged from a hospital in Wuhan (Picture: Xinhua / Alamy Live News)

A 100-year-old man in China has recovered from coronavirus, the state media has claimed.

He was reportedly among dozens of patients discharged from a hospital in Wuhan – the source of the global outbreak – on Saturday.

It is believed he is the oldest person to survive coronavirus and return to health, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

The centenarian reportedly had Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension and heart failure, and was admitted to hospital more than two weeks ago.


A cured coronavirus patient leaves the temporary hospital in Wuhan (Picture: Xinhua/Rex)

Another cured coronavirus patient leaves the temporary hospital (Picture: Xinhua/Rex)

The elderly and ill are deemed most at risk of contracting a severe form of coronavirus. They have been advised to keep away from crowded public areas, including supermarkets and public transport, if the outbreak worsens.



England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has suggested tighter measures to protect the public, particularly the vulnerable and elderly, could be implemented in the next 10 to 14 days.

The Government tightened travel restrictions on coronavirus-stricken Italy following the announcement that Italian authorities had placed the entire country on lockdown, sparking British Airways and Ryanair to cancel flights to and from the country.

Britons with ‘minor’ cold, flu or fever symptoms could soon to be asked to stay at home in self-isolation in a bid to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) amended its travel advice to warn against all but essential travel to the country on Monday evening, while the number of dead in Italy rose to 463.

As of 9am today, 373 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the UK, up from 319 at the same point on Monday, and six people have died in UK hospitals.

A man in his early 80s was the latest person to die in the UK after contracting coronavirus. The elderly man had underlying health conditions and caught the virus in the UK.

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