Health
Japan has the world’s oldest population. Yet it dodged a coronavirus crisis at elder-care facilities. – The Washington Post
Japan’s nursing homes reacted swiftly to tighten infection controls, offering lessons on how to limit the pandemic’s blow.
Japan has the worlds oldest population, with an average age of 47 and a life expectancy of more than 81 years. More than 28 percent of its people are over the age of 65, ahead of Italy in second place with 23 percent, and compared with 16 percent of Americans.
It could have been sitting on a coronavirus disaster, with the pandemic hitting seniors particularly hard, especially those in group facilities.
But Japan has recorded 1,225 deaths from covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, co…
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