After 2 Years of Covid, We’re Still Failing Older People

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Victor Tripiana, 86, reaches out to touch the hand of his daughter-in-law, Silvia Fernandez Sotto, separated by a plastic sheet to prevent the spread of Covid-19, at the Reminiscencias residence for the elderly in Tandil, Argentina, on April 4, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko This piece is the second in a series marking the two year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. Find more of our work documenting the global response to the coronavirus here. Two years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments around the world are still failing to protect…

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