Health
Your age may not contribute to Covid-19 infection risk, shows study – Economic Times
While susceptibility to the disease is independent of age, the severity and mortality is likely dependent on age.
NEW DELHI: The age of a person may not decide how likely they are infected by SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, according to a study which found that development of symptoms, severity of the disease, and mortality are age-dependent. It has been shown that elderly people disproportionately develop severe symptoms of COVID-19 and show higher mortality.
Scientists, including those from Hokkaido University, modelled available data from Japan, Spain and Italy to show that susceptibility to COVID-1…
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