17 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Retirement villages are calling for govt support

From First Up, 5:34 am on 17 March 2020

Some retirement villages are calling on the government for support to deal with the possibility of a potential outbreak of Coronavirus. Internationally, the fatality rate of coronavirus is about 14-percent for people over 80, and 10-percent for people over 60, compared to just 2 percent for all other age groups. First Up's Louise Ternouth spoke to Troy Churton, the National Manager of Retirement Villages for the Commision For Financial Capability about how retirement villages are dealing with Covid-19.