SINGAPORE - Nearly one in two confirmed coronavirus patients here is aged 50 and above.
This could likely be due to their "lower immunity and reduced physiological reserves", said Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, infectious diseases programme leader at the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
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