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EU Chief: Social Isolation for Elderly May Last Until Year's End

AFP

   BERLIN, GERMANY - Elderly people may have to be kept isolated until the
   end of the year to protect them from the coronavirus, EU chief Ursula
   von der Leyen said in comments published Sunday.

   "Without a vaccine, we have to limit as much as possible contact with
   the elderly," she told the Germany daily Bild.

   "I know it's difficult and that isolation is a burden, but it is a
   question of life or death, we have to remain disciplined and patient,"
   she added.

   "Children and young people will enjoy more freedom of movement earlier
   than elderly people and those with preexisting medical conditions," she
   said.

   She said she hoped that a European laboratory would develop a vaccine
   towards the end of the year.

   To ensure that people can be quickly vaccinated, authorities are
   already in talks with producers on gearing up for world production, she
   added.

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