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Severe Covid-19 cases involving seniors nearly halved since vaccine rollout
Published:  Jul 19, 2021 9:09 PM
Updated: 1:09 PM

Despite the record-breaking number of Covid-19 cases over the past week, the number of senior citizens admitted to the nation’s main Covid-19 hospital with severe manifestations of the disease have fallen by nearly half.

This bucks the trend of senior citizens generally faring worse when infected with Covid-19, even though the bulk of cases involve younger folk.

In a statement today...


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