Jumlah kasus positif dan kematian akibat infeksi virus corona baru atau Covid-19 setiap harinya terus mengalami peningkatan. Sejauh ini, virus corona memang lebih sering menyebabkan gejala yang berat, bahkan kematian, pada orang lanjut usia ( lansia) daripada orang dewasa atau anak-anak.

2020 has been starkly different from any of the preceding years in the last decade because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the UAE Government has issued strict warnings to citizens and residents for the week leading to Eid-Al-Fitr. The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced four people died as a result of Covid-19 infections in its daily update on May 18.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty going on in the world, especially regarding what precautions seniors should take to keep them safe, such as a healthy planned lifestyle. Although anyone can get COVID-19, seniors are more susceptible to receiving the more serious end of the disease.

CNN Indonesia -- Epidemiolog dan Biostatistik Universitas Indonesia, Pandu Riono mengingatkan seluruh elemen masyarakat untuk mewaspadai lonjakan penyebaran virus corona (Covid-19) saat Hari Raya Idulfitri atau Lebaran. "Yang perlu kita perhatikan adalah kewaspadaan pada hari raya Idulfitri karena penduduk melakukan silaturahmi keluar rumah," ujarnya dalam video conference, Rabu (20/5).