"I was reborn aged 102," - Russian WW2 veteran beats COVID-19 after week in ICU


World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev, 102, leaves a hospital after being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged, in Korolyov, Moscow region, Russia July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

KOROLYOV (Reuters) - Russian World War Two veteran Nikolai Bagayev feels like he has cheated death twice. This time though, the enemy was not the German troops invading the Soviet Union but COVID-19.

Bagayev, 102, had 80% lung damage when he was admitted to hospital in the town of Korolyov near Moscow with the coronavirus.

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