PREVENTION OF COVID-19 IN OLDER ADULTS: A BRIEF GUIDANCE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS (IAGG) ASIA/OCEANIA REGION

Increasing Vitamin D Levels for the elderly to combat Covid-19 was recently cited by the International Association of Gerontology Asia and Oceania Region as an important measure to reduce the .

The IAGG guidance references  “Getting enough sunlight in the morning may provide Vitamin D, which may reduce the risk of infection in older adults with sub-optimal levels of Vitamin D”(10)

Research and correlation data on Covid 19 and Low Vitamin D is increasingly pointing to a connection between low vitamin D levels and the increased risks in severity and mortality.  Especially in the elderly, infirmed, imprisoned, pre-diabetics, diabetics, obese and in dark skinned ethnicities with insufficient and/or deficient vitamin D levels.

90 Percent of our Vitamin D comes from the Sun…or the ultraviolet B (UVB) rays of sunlight to be more precise.  If you are unable to get adequate amounts of “Safe Sun” exposure to increase vitamin D levels,  Please consider vitamin D supplementation of 10,000 IU/day to increase blood serum levels to a minimum of  40ng/mL for the best possible effects and results.