The game must go on: Heartwarming moment nursing home residents enjoy a round of bingo while keeping themselves safe from coronavirus
- Photo shows elderly residents playing bingo amid the coronavirus pandemic
- They sat at the front of their rooms in hallway with their cards on portable tables
- Distance between them meant they were all safe from contracting deadly virus
- All of Australia’s 13 coronavirus deaths so far were aged 69 or older
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Elderly residents of a nursing home weren’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of their bingo game.
A heartwarming photo emerged online of residents managing to play in a hallway without risking contracting the deadly virus.
Each one sat on a chair in front of their door with their bingo cards on a portable table in front of them.
A heartwarming photo emerged online of nursing home residents playing bingo in a hallway without risking contracting the deadly coronavirus
The separation between each room meant they were unable to pass on coronavirus to each other due to appropriate social distancing.
A staff member or relative appeared to be walking along the hallway to make sure each player heard the number after it was called.
Elderly people are the most at risk of dying from the disease that has killed more than 24,000 people around the world.
Australia has lost 13 people so far, all aged 69 or older, with 3,050 infected since the start of the outbreak.
Three of the first casualties were at Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged care home in Sydney’s northwest.
Three of Australia’s first coronavirus casualties were at Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged care home in Sydney’s northwest, highlighting the importance of distancing in nursing homes
Some countries like Britain have quarantined everyone over a certain age, along with those suffering from underlying conditions, to save their lives.
It was not known exactly where the nursing home in the photo was, but social media users said the scene was common in many facilities.
‘Similar thing happening in my mum’s nursing home,’ one woman commented when the image was posted in a Perth Facebook group.
‘I can just hear from down the corridor, “what was that number again?” Stay strong, dear elderly folk,’ another wrote.