Coronavirus: risk statistics for the young and healthy

WHO boss warns that younger people are ‘not invincible’ as Covid-19 death toll climbs

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London commuters attempt to maintain a safe distance from each other
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The threat posed to older people and those with underlying health conditions by the coronavirus outbreak is dominating public health warnings, but younger people are “not invincible” either, the World Health Organization has cautioned.

A 21-year-old woman has reportedly become the youngest person with no pre-existing health conditions to have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK.

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