Older adults have been markedly impacted by the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19)
pandemic. The American Geriatrics Society previously published a White Paper on Healthy …

Four months have passed since the World Health Organization (WHO) identified coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a public health emergency, and 3 months since it declared the …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a novel virus that causes
COVID‐19 infection, has recently emerged and caused a deadly pandemic. Studies have …

COVID-19 is primarily a disease of older people. In the United States, 31% of cases of
COVID-19 have occurred in people over the age of 65 years and 6% over the age of 85 …

The worldwide spread of COVID-19 is alarming to all of us and has created an enormous
public health and clinical crisis. Emerging data indicate that COVID-19 is a particular risk for …

Internationally, health authorities and governments are warning older people that they are at
a higher risk of more serious and possible fatal illness associated with COVID‐19. Mortality …

The pandemic of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID‐19) is having a global impact unseen
since the 1918 worldwide influenza epidemic. All aspects of life have changed dramatically …

One of the goals of the Canadian Geriatrics Society (CGS) is to foster the health and well-
being of older Canadians and older adults worldwide. Because there is currently no vaccine …

Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a particularly
increased impact on older adults as the case fatality rate increases with age. Besides this …

Since the outbreak, COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe due to its high infectivity
and lethality. Age appears to be one of the key factors influencing the status and progression …