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Responding to Hospicio de San Jose’s urgent call

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 01:57 PM

Members of the Philippine Red Cross transfer elderly patients from Hospicio de San Jose at a COVID-19 isolation facility in Manila on Sunday. Read more »

45 pct of senior citizens fully vaccinated vs COVID-19: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 01:47 PM

Almost half of the elderly people in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Department of Health said Thursday. Read more »

Old, sick may bring plus one to vaccination: DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 03:22 PM

An expert panel on COVID-19 vaccines has recommended that "A2" category individuals be allowed to bring a "plus one" to get their virus shots. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 12, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 12:42 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Manila distributes health kits to elderly residents

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 09:13 AM

A barangay official in Tondo shows the contents of a supplemental kit to a bed-ridden woman, one of Manila’s 150,000 senior citizens, on Thursday. Read more »

Manila spends P29.85M to buy 150,000 cans of milk for elderly

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 07:30 PM

The Manila city government on Monday said it has spent some P29.85 million to procure 150,000 cans of milk for its elderly residents. Read more »

Dental subsidies needed for Hong Kong’s elderly

Zoe Low, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 02 12:33 PM

A survey finds toothache affects sleep of those living below the poverty line three times more than the average elderly person. Society for Community Organization community organizer Ivan Lin warns teeth problems are a serious health concern for the city’s aging poor. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 27, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:03 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

One shot is all it takes

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 07:26 PM

A woman grimaces as she is injected with Johnson & Johnson’s single dose COVID-19 vaccine during Navotas City’s "Vax 1, Take 1" inoculation drive for senior citizens and their companions on Tuesday. Read more »

Elderly man in China dies after being beaten, tied to wheelchair - report

Mandy Zuo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 22 08:43 PM

The case of a 68-year-old man who was allegedly slapped in the face and strapped to his wheelchair before dying in a nursing home in northeastern China has reignited concerns over the vulnerability of senior citizens in long-term care facilities. Read more »

Boris Johnson dismissed COVID-19 lockdown as only elderly would die, ex-aide says

Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 08:49 AM

Johnson had wanted to meet Queen Elizabeth, despite signs that the virus was spreading in his office at the start of the pandemic, an ex top adviser said.  Read more »

Urban poor leader ’Nanay Mameng’ passes away

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 10:16 PM

Activist Carmen “Nanay Mameng” Deunida, the outspoken former leader of urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) who came in the public eye during the EDSA Dos, has passed away, her organization said Monday. Read more »

Home vaccinations for the elderly in Malaysia

Lim Huey Teng, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 05:48 PM

A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman at her home, in Kuala Langat, Malaysia on Saturday.  Read more »

90-year-old infected with 'two virus variants at once'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 07:34 AM

A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with COVID-19 was infected with both the Alpha and Beta variants of the coronavirus at the same time, researchers in Belgium said Sunday, adding that the rare phenomenon may be underestimated.   Read more »

Loneliness among elderly worsened during COVID-19 pandemic: expert

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 10:47 AM

Loneliness among the elderly in the Philippines worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert said Wednesday. Read more »

Only 30 pct jabbed: Philippines struggles to vaccinate elderly due to fake news

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 03:06 PM

The Philippines has fully protected less than a tenth of senior citizens against COVID-19, a Health official said Wednesday, noting that Filipino elderly are hesitant to get jabbed due to fake news about vaccines. Read more »

Elderly Filipino woman and husband still missing following Florida building collapse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 10:20 PM

The death toll in the building collapse in the US state of Florida rose to nine. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 25, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:12 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taiwan continues COVID-19 jabs for elderly

Ann Wong, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 08:03 PM

A man reacts as a medical worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 during a vaccination session for elderly people over 75 years old, at a stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan on Friday.  Read more »

WHO estimates COVID-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerable

Francesco Guarascio, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 12:21 AM

BRUSSELS - The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that people most vulnerable to COVID-19, such as the elderly, will need to get an annual vaccine booster to be protected against variants, an internal document seen by Reuters shows. Read more »