An alarming trend: The toll of COVID-19 on older adults
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
OECD Publishing - Paris
2020
epidemic disease ; older people ; government policy ; living conditions ; age discrimination
Older people
English
"The pandemic's impact on the world has been staggering, but it's older adults that are facing greater rates of fatality. During the launch of the Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Persons, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated the fatality rate for adults age 80 and older is five times the global average.
The sickeningly high death tolls for older adults during this global pandemic have shown how broken our health and social care systems are across the world. These systems must be addressed immediately..."
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