Photos: In France, a nursing home takes on COVID-19 and wins

A nurse leaves the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas, near Lyon, central France. For 47 days and nights, staff and the 106 residents of the Vilanova nursing home on the outskirts of the east-central city of Lyon waited out the coronavirus storm together, while the illness killed tens of thousands of people in other homes across Europe, including more than 9,000 in France. Because staff and residents were locked in together, Vilanova didn't have to confine people to their rooms like other homes to shield them from the risk of infection brought in from outside

Residents play inside the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas. As the coronavirus cut a deadly path through nursing homes, staff locked themselves in with the 106 residents at this care home to stop coronavirus from infecting and killing the vulnerable older adults in their care, and they have not had any people falling victim to the virus.

A nurse works with residents inside the Vilanova nursing home. The home has had zero virus cases so far.

Residents show posters reading "Thank you for everything".

Resident of Vilanova nursing home Mr Chatal smiles during a fake wedding with a nurse.

Vilanova nursing home residents pose with a nurse.

A board reads "55 days without any visit, 44 days of confinement for the team and still together with heart" inside the Vilanova nursing home.

Nurses leave the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas, near Lyon, central France.

A resident watches nurses leaving the Vilanova nursing home.