In April 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection was declared a pandemic emergency
by the World Health Organization, 1 and after 2 years, in January 2022, the virus had …

In December 2019 a cluster of pneumonia caused by a previous unknown coronavirus,
SARS-CoV-2, was identified in Wuhan, China. 1 SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the subgenus of …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global public health
crisis that results in a great variety of challenges to the world, and the rapidly escalating case …

Abstract On March 13th, 2020, The World Health Organization effectively established that
Europe is the new the COVID-19 pandemic world epicenter, as cases in Italy and other …

Background COVID-19, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has great health implications in older patients, including high mortality. In …

Many elderly patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 infections are
admitted to intensive care units. Age was previously identified as an independent risk factor …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COIVD-19) was first reported in December 2019 in China (Wang
et al. 2020) and spread worldwide some months later. As of May 18, there are more than …

As every nation battles the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
comprehensively, older adults are by far the most affected group in terms of morbidity and …

Abstract Background The actual SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused a highly transmissible
disease with a tremendous impact on elderly people. So far, few studies focused on very …

Abstract Importance: Among COVID-19 cases, especially the (frail) elderly show a high
number of severe infections, hospital admissions, complications, and death. The highest …