Wee Shiong LimChih Kuang LiangPrasert AssantachaiTung Wai AuyeungLin KangWei Ju LeeJae Young LimKen SugimotoMasahiro AkishitaShu Lih ChiaMing Yueh ChouYew Yoong DingKatsuya IijimaHak Chul JangShuji KawashimaMiji KimTaro KojimaMasafumi KuzuyaJenny LeeSang Yoon LeeYunhwan LeeLi Ning PengNinie Y. WangYin Wei WangChang Won WonJean WooLiang Kung ChenHidenori AraiSeoul National University Bundang HospitalSeoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Borame Medical CenterNational Yang-Ming University TaiwanAjou University, School of MedicineNational Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology - National Institute for Longevity SciencesUniversity of TokyoVeterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung TaiwanNagoya University Graduate School of MedicineOsaka University Faculty of MedicineVeterans General Hospital-TaipeiFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityPeking Union Medical College HospitalChinese University of Hong KongTan Tock Seng HospitalKyung Hee UniversityPinetree Care GroupMinistry of Health and Welfare2020-06-022020-06-022020-01-01Geriatrics and Gerontology International. (2020)14470594144415862-s2.0-85084452785https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/56333This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has casted a huge impact on global public health and economy. In this challenging situation, older people are vulnerable to the infection and the secondary effects of the pandemic and need special attentions. To evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on older people, it is important to balance the successful pandemic control and active management of secondary consequences. These considerations are especially salient in the Asian context, with its diversity among countries in terms of sociocultural heritage, healthcare setup and availability of resources. Thus, the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia summarized the considerations of Asian countries focusing on responses and difficulties in each country, impacts of health inequity related to COVID-19 pandemic and proposed recommendations for older people which are germane to the Asian context. More innovative services should be developed to address the increasing demands for new approaches to deliver health care in the difficult times and to establish resilient health care systems for older people. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Mahidol UniversityMedicineNursingSocial SciencesReviewSCOPUS10.1111/ggi.13939