Implications of COVID-19 for an ageing population

Med J Aust. 2020 Oct;213(8):342-344.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50785. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

Authors

Nicolette R Holt^{1

2}, Johannes T Neumann^{3

4}, John J McNeil³, Allen C Cheng³

Affiliations

¹ Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
² Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ University Heart and Vascular Center, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aged; COVID-19; Infectious diseases; Respiratory tract infections; Vaccination.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging*
Australia / epidemiology
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / immunology
Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
Female
Humans
Immunosenescence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
SARS-CoV-2
Young Adult