Observations of people infected with the new coronavirus have allowed scientists to detect some of the signs of the disease that are most characteristic of the elderly, according to the pages of the Express edition..

It is known that elevated body temperature is considered to be a temperature above 37.8 degrees.. Researchers from King's College London found that older people tend to have lower body temperatures at rest.. Following the data obtained, it became known that in most cases, the temperature in elderly people infected with the new coronavirus rarely rose to high numbers..

These findings are confirmed by the results of a study in which volunteers of different ages took. A comparative analysis showed that even a temperature increase of up to 37.4 degrees in the elderly can be an indicator of the presence of an infection, similar to temperature indicators of 37.8 degrees and above in younger people..

In this regard, British experts issued a statement on the need to adjust temperature indicators taking into account the age of patients..

During the research work, the experts used data obtained from the ZOE COVID Symptom Study application.

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