PETALING JAYA: While the elderly are particularly vulnerable to complications from the coronavirus, vaccination has helped in keeping the number of Covid-19 infections among senior citizens low.Dr Yau Weng Keong( pic), who is head of geriatric services at the Health Ministry, said that during the Delta-induced wave of infections in July last year, hundreds of Covid-19 patients were stranded in the Emergency Department due to patient overload. There were also outbreaks at care homes for the aged
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2022-03-19 00:00:00.0