Covid-19: Why are age and obesity risk factors for serious disease?
Elisabeth Mahase
Abstract
Worldwide more than 41 million people have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and over a million people have died. But what makes this virus so difficult to control, and why are some people more at risk than others? <b>Elisabeth Mahase</b> reports
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)ObesitySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineDiseasePandemicVirologyEnvironmental healthGerontologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPathologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts