South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unfazed by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. “I have lived this long because of God’s grace,” said Blom, possibly one of the oldest men in the world. He is older than a 112-year old British resident named the world’s oldest living man by the Guinness World Records in March. They moved to the Cape Town suburb of Delft three decades ago. At his great age, however, he says he won’t let the coronavirus pandemic panic him.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 09, 2020 07:17 UTC