Migrants who are in quarantine amid the novel coronavirus pandemic look out the window of a hotel in Gran Canaria in the Spanish Canary Islands on September 14, 2020. Photos: AFP
An 85-year-old woman believed to have died from coronavirus surprised her family by returning to her care home nine days after they were told she had been buried, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
After a mix-up over names, the family of Rogelia Blanco was informed that the pensioner died of COVID-19 on January 13 and her funeral was the next day. Due to coronavirus protocols, they were unable to attend it.
So when she arrived fit and well back at the care home in Xove, northern Spain, on Saturday where her husband also lived, he was overwhelmed, the paper said.
"I could not believe it. I was crying, after the death of my wife," it quoted him as saying, adding that it was the woman who shared a room with her wife who had died.
The care home explained that the error occurred when Blanco and other residents who tested positive for COVID-19 were transferred to another care home for specialized treatment.
The foundation later expressed its regret for the "unfortunate incident," adding that "This is a one-off event, among the more than 100 transfers that have been made since December 2020 to Os Gozos."
Reuters