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Published 12:04 IST, August 11th 2020

103-year old Michigan woman gets frog tattoo to celebrate b'day after quarantine ends

After months of being isolated in a nursing home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Dorothy Pollack decided to get a frog tattoo for her 103 birthday.

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Dorothy Pollack gets her first tattoo after COVID-19 quarantine ends
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After months of being isolated in a nursing home due to the coronavirus pandemic, a 103-year old Michigan woman decided to get a tattoo for her birthday.  According to reports, Dorothy Pollack celebrated her birthday on June 16 in a nursing home, but weeks after being allowed out of quarantine she decided to get a tattoo.

Tattoo on 103rd Birthday

As per reports, Pollack got her first-ever tattoo at A.W.O.L. Custom Tattooing by tattoo artist Ray Reasoner who has claimed that Dorothy took the experience like a champ and did not even wince once from the pain. Reasoner also added that Pollack was the oldest customer he has ever had.

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According to reports, Dorothy decided to get the tattoo of a frog because she ‘likes frogs’, and after getting her tattoo and crossing it off her bucket list, she was able to cross another thing, which was to ride a motorcycle.

The deadly coronavirus which allegedly began in an illegal wet market in Wuhan, China, last year has quickly spread all over the world. The virus named COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation has infected 20,001,019 people worldwide and the global death toll stands at 733,897. As per the John Hopkins Coronavirus resource centre, the United States has reported a total of at least 5,085,821 positive virus cases and has a death toll of 163,425. The US currently has the highest number of reported cases in the world, making it the epicentre of the deadly virus, followed by Brazil that has reported 3,057,470 positive coronavirus cases and has a death toll of 101,752.

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Updated 12:04 IST, August 11th 2020