Europe is entering a 'tricky moment' with the new school year, and while classrooms have not played a major role in spreading coronavirus, there is growing evidence of youth infecting other people at social gatherings, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: A child sits in a classroom at Watlington Primary School during the last day of school, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Watlington , Britain, July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
GENEVA - Europe is entering a “tricky moment” with the new school year, and while classrooms have not played a major role in spreading coronavirus, there is growing evidence of youth infecting other people at social gatherings, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Older people must protect themselves with a flu vaccination as winter approaches, a season of higher mortality, Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, told a news briefing.
“The younger people are not necessarily going to die from it but it’s a tornado with a long tail...At one stage, younger people particularly with the winter coming, will be in closer contact with the elder population,” Kluge told a news briefing.
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