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Awareness Of Covid-19 Among Aged Population
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A.SHIVAPRIYARAJE , DR.DINESH PREMAVATHY, M.SC.PH.D
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COVID19 is a worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The clinical symptoms include fever, cold, fatigue, the elderly people are susceptible to infection and prone to serious outcomes which lead to respiratory diseases and cytokine storms. The outbreak adds to evidence of COVID19 is steadily spreading from one person to the other.The older people are at a significantly increased risk of this pandemic disease. Some of the reasons older people are greatly impacted is due to ageing, decreased immune function and more susceptible to infections.The present was conducted questionnaire based online survey among a group of old aged people of 65-80 years from the South Indian population. The results were analyzed and represented as pie charts. The present study has observed the responses of various questions raised in the questionnaire on this topic.From the current study, it was concluded that the awareness and measures are being taken by aged people towards COVID 19 pandemic disease.
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Pandemic,COVID 19, aged population, awareness,respiratory diseases.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.109
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