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Hot, Covid and the third age. For the approximately 100,000 people over the age of 70 infected today, there are three fronts to defend against. “Infection now rarely causes pneumonia. But associated with heat, in frail people, it can still become long and demanding,” he explains. Giovanni Capobiancohead of geriatrics at the Sant’Eugenio hospital in Rome.
What are the traits of Covid in the elderly now?
“Omicron 5, the variant that is becoming prevalent, is highly contagious, but fortunately it tends to stop in the upper airways.