Abstract
Like smoking, sedentary lifestyle is an issue of great concern because of its deleterious health challenges and implications. Given the global spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), social isolation regulations and laws have been implemented in many countries to contain the spread of the virus and this has caused a drastic shift from the usual physically demanding life to a sedentary lifestyle characterized by significantly reduced physical activities and prolong sitting. Human and nonhuman primate literature was examined to compare experimental and clinical modulation of inflammatory cytokines by exercised-induced myokines. Experimental and clinical evidence was used to examine whether exercised-induced myokines can prime the immune system of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The immune system changes with advancement in age which increases the likelihood of infectious disease morbidity and mortality in older adults. Several epidemiological studies have also shown that physical inactivity among geriatric population impacts negatively on the immune system. Evidences on the importance of exercise in priming the immune system of elderly individuals could be an effective therapeutic strategy in combating the virus as it may well be a case of "let those with the best immune system win".
Highlights
IntroductionThe World Health Organization (WHO) used the term 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to refer to a coronavirus that affected the respiratory tract of patients with pneumonia in Wuhan, China on 29th December 2019
Like smoking, sedentary lifestyle is an issue of great concern because of its deleterious health challenges and implications
The World Health Organization (WHO) used the term 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to refer to a coronavirus that affected the respiratory tract of patients with pneumonia in Wuhan, China on 29th December 2019
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) used the term 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to refer to a coronavirus that affected the respiratory tract of patients with pneumonia in Wuhan, China on 29th December 2019. What started as an epidemic later escalated rapidly into a pandemic and cases have been reported globally with over 8.8 million confirmed cases and 465,000 COVID-19 associated deaths as of 21st June, 20201. The African continent is not left out of this global disease burden with 297,112 confirmed cases and 7,191 deaths according to the Africa center for disease control (ACDC).
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