Elderlies and Smokers Most Prone to Coronavirus: Expert

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H, Chan Public Health School, said that from the data at Chinese Disease Control and Prevention Center, that most of Coronavirus cases in that country dominated with male. The number of dead is twice large than female.

Mina explained the possibility is because the Chinese male is an active smoker. From the study of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 finds 47.6 percent Chinese male is smoker while the 1.8 percent is female. After all, female's immunity is generally stronger than male.

Mina added age factor also affect the infection of Coronavirus. She sees there is almost no person under 35 years old die because of Coronavirus.

"We see the increased mortality with people in age 40 until 80," she said.

Study of The Journal of The American Medical Association that research 45,000 first cases in China finds 80 percent from Coronavirus cases that reported have fairly mild, 20 percent is diagnosed with moderate symptoms, heavy or serious, including hard to breathe, pneumonia and organ failure. Around 2.3 percent cause dead.

From the research also said that only one percent children with age around one until nine in China that infected by this virus. Another one percent is children with age around 10 until 19 years old without a dead case. While eight percent of people in 70's years old and 15 percent from them with age around 80 years old or higher, dead.

"Someone with age 80 have a high risk for not leaving the hospital," Mina said.

Besides, from the research result people with a heart problem, diabetes or lung problem such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) also have a high risk to be dead after infected by the virus.

Bisnis.com | Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani (Intern Translator)