Variably affected by the virus, with more or less numerous populations of elderly people and different traditions of solidarity, China, Great Britain, Germany, Spain or Italy do not approach the question of their confinement in the same way.
In Britain, twelve weeks of confinement
In the UK, Prince Charles himself set the example. 71-year-old heir to the Crown - infected but recovered - has retired to Scotland to follow government recommendations, which have asked all people over the age of 70 to take shelter for twelve weeks. Health Minister Matt Hancock has since spoken of a four-month period. The big question is whether, as part of a deconfinement strategy, the elderly will be kept at home longer and for how long. Downing Street scientific advisers recommend that the population be "segmented" into various risk groups,
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