Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 1月10日 04時24分

The global toll of Covid-19 has hit one vulnerable population harder than any other: nursing-home residents.⠀
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A Wall Street Journal review of data from more than two dozen nations with significant elder-care facilities shows that such institutions are tied to more than a third of Covid-19 deaths, though they typically house less than 2% of the population. These countries linked at least 233,000 of 641,000 overall Covid-19 deaths to nursing homes and other long-term elder-care sites. In the U.S. alone, the death toll tied to these facilities tops 125,000.⠀
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Around the world, the Journal found that many countries had done little to fortify nursing homes before the coronavirus arrived at their borders, and didn’t have the ability to track the contagion’s spread there, despite the known risks.⠀
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Nations also often reacted slowly, even after outbreaks erupted. The U.S. waited weeks before putting nursing-home residents in the highest-priority tier for access to Covid-19 testing and months to mandate regular testing of staff.⠀
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Finally, failure to contain community spread of the virus reignited nursing-home outbreaks despite improved testing and equipment, with deaths ramping back up as younger, healthier people gathered.⠀
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“Long-term care is forgotten, neglected, at the bottom of the list for almost every country, when you look at the data,” said Joseph Ibrahim, a professor focused on health law and aging at Monash University in Australia.⠀
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Read more at the link in our bio.⠀
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Photo: Flavio Lo Scalzo/ Reuters⠀

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