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Young people fuelling coronavirus surges around the world, WHO warns
coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups.WHO officials said this month the proportion of younger people among those infected had risen globally, putting at risk vulnerable sectors of the population worldwide, including the elderly and sick people in densely populated areas with weak health services. ‘Cynical spreaders’: 1 in 5 Canadians doing little to curb coronavirus spread, survey says “The epidemic is changing,” WHO Western Pacific regional director, Takeshi Kasai, told a virtual briefing.