A 106-year-old woman from Nutley will have a big reason to celebrate her upcoming birthday Saturday after she is expected to be released from the hospital after contracting COVID-19.
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Jeanette Arlotta was admitted to the hospital late last month with flu-like symptoms. She was diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Arlotta was able to bounce back from the virus, and is expected to be released from the hospital Saturday, which also happens to be her 107 birthday.
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Arlotta also lived through the Spanish Flu pandemic in the early 1900s.
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