GENEVA, Aug 5 — Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising three-fold in about five months, the World Health Organisation said. An analysis by the WHO of 6...
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An analysis by the WHO of 6 million infections between February 24 and July 12 found that the share of people aged 15-24 years rose to 15 per cent from 4.5 per cent. “Travel increases your chances of getting and spreading Covid-19,” she said, adding young people are more likely to go to work in the community, to a beach or the pub, or to buy groceries.
Among those aged 5-14 years, about 4.6 per cent were infected, up from 0.8 per cent, between February 24 and July 12, the WHO said, at a time when testing has risen and public health experts are concerned that reopening of schools may lead to a surge in cases. “We've said this before and we'll say it again: Young people are not invincible,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing in Geneva last week.
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