The Indian Express | 27/12/2020 01:24 PM | Click to read full article
Among those hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, the plight of advanced age senior citizens in metros is perhaps the most invisible. In Maharashtra, senior citizens comprise more than 50 percent of Covid-19 deaths. Many have kept indoors for more than eight months, cooped up inside their homes. For those whose children live away, in another town or city, there is little by way of company.
Most elderly people do not want visitors and are scared to step out for fear of infection.
