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Nursing homes and the Coronavirus
The coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China has become a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than one million around the world. Most of the people that have succumbed to the deadly virus are the elderly. It has been noted that the elderly have a unusually higher death rate from coronavirus than younger people. This has lead many governments around the world to initiate measures that will protect the elderly. The death rate of of people who are in care homes around the world is disproportionately high. This is due to older people havingĀ a weaker immune system and underlying medical issues. Nursing homes and measures to protect…