Editorial Note for Proposing the Special Issue ''Severity of COVID Infection and Elder Care''

Pandey AK

Abstract

Form last 6 to 8 months the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading throughout the world and became pandemic. As per the report of World Health Organization (WHO) it is a severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. It has been found that this disease may cause severe impact on immune deficient patients or less immune persons. Due to some physiological, pathophysiological changes, the comorbidities will increase with age of a person’s and makes them susceptible towards most of the infectious diseases. As per the knowledge and WHO report the persons whose age is >60 has high risk of causing corona infection.

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