Ravichandran Ashwin believes that the 101-year-old man in Italy recovering from Coronavirus is a boost to the human race.

The Coronavirus pandemic is causing havoc around the globe as it has crept up in almost every country and has claimed more than 27,000 lives so far. While the aged and young ones are feared to catch the virus faster because of their low immunity levels, a new story has come up of a 101-year-old man in Italy who survived even worse.

It is being said that the man was born during the time of the Spanish flu and survived that. He has also recovered completely from the Coronavirus thus inspiring many others around him.

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Mazher Arshad, a cricket statistician, wrote, “Feel-good story of the day. A 101 years old man has recovered from Covid-19 in Italy. He has survived the 1918 flu, a World War and now coronavirus.”

Feel-good story of the day. A 101 years old man has recovered from Covid-19 in Italy. He has survived the 1918 flu, a World War and now coronavirus.

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 27, 2020

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin quoted the tweet saying, “Resolve shown in adversity (clap)(clap)(clap) great boost to our human race.”

Resolve shown in adversity???????????? great boost to our human race. https://t.co/vMiN9zGf8c

— lets stay indoors India ???????? (@ashwinravi99) March 27, 2020