Older adults and those with underlying chronic conditions are most susceptible to COVID-19. As numerous media have reported, those in long-term care facilities face particular risk; many infected residents have died. Warning signs of infection in older adults may be overlooked, since symptoms often present differently.
Our understanding of the novel coronavirus is evolving quickly as scientists work around the clock to rigorously study it and the disease it causes in humans: COVID-19. SciLine’s next media briefing will cover how the virus infects and is transmitted between people; case surveillance and projections about how it may spread; and the status of efforts to develop and implement widespread diagnostic testing.
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