Covid-19 outbreak causes growing concern for millions of elderly folk who live alone


By AGENCY

Experts say loneliness among Japanese seniors can be lessened with the use of modern means of communication as more old people are able to handle such devices. — dpa

Kodokushi, or the “lonely death”, has long been a serious societal problem in Japan, a country known to have one of the world’s biggest populations of elderly people.

But now the coronavirus outbreak is causing growing concern for the millions of seniors living alone across the country.

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