The World Health Organization warns that young people are not at risk of coronavirus and should be wary of spreading the virus among adults through social gatherings or communication.

World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Ghebreissas says young people’s actions can make a ‘difference between another person’s life and death’.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that young people in many parts of the world are less aware of the virus because of its high risk of dying from the virus.

The virus has so far killed more than 11,000 people worldwide. The virus has been identified in about 3 lakh people.

Scientists believe that it is time to change the idea that older people are most at risk due to the coronavirus, after the release of some new statistics.

New statistics

Preliminary data from coronavirus infections in the United States show that young people are less likely to be infected with coronavirus.

The United States has not yet tested the virus to determine who is actually infected with the virus and how it is harming them.

Previous statistics suggest that young people are relatively less likely to be infected with the coronavirus.

But a recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that the risk of serious illness among young people may be higher than previously thought.

The report looked at the first 2,500 coronavirus cases in the United States. It found that 20% of those infected with the virus had to be hospitalized between the ages of 20 and 44 - and 36% between the ages of 20 and 54.

It is true that the lion's share of those who have died from Covid-19 are elderly.

Globally, about 15% of those over the age of 65 have died from the virus. The rate is 0.2% for those under 40 years of age.

However, this does not mean that young people are not getting seriously ill from the virus.

The CDC report indicates that the rate at which people in their twenties and thirties are hospitalized is not much lower than the rate at which people in their 50s or 60s go to the hospital.

Who needs intensive care?

The CDC report found that while a large proportion of young people had to be hospitalized, very few had to be intensive care or ICU.

But even if that number is small, it puts pressure on the country's health system.


Italian government data released last week showed that 12% of patients admitted to the ICU were between the ages of 19 and 50. Statistics from France also show higher rates of coronavirus transmission among young people.

But there is also room for skepticism about this type of information.

In the United States, as in many other countries, coronavirus has been tested in three specific cases - those who have been infected with the coronavirus alone and have shown signs of illness, those who have been exposed to the coronavirus, and those who have symptoms.

This information has been collected using a variety of methods, so this information can reveal misleading images and may not actually give an accurate picture of how much it affects people of any age.

Mark Lipsich, a professor at Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health, fears that although the symptoms of the virus have been limited to young people so far, the situation could change.

However, a review of data from all countries so far shows that people under the age of 19 have not been severely affected by the virus, although scientists still do not know for sure what caused it.

What is the World Health Organization saying?

In an online news conference from the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, the agency's head, Tedros Ghebreissas, said: "While the elderly are the most affected, the young are not safe."

"I have a message for young people. You are not completely safe. The virus can force you to stay in the hospital for a few weeks, even leading to death."

"If you are not sick, the decision of where you are going could be the cause of another's death."

The average age of people who die of Covid-19 disease in Italy is 6 and a half years.

According to the New York Times, coronavirus deaths in China are less than 1% of people under the age of 50.

To prevent the spread of coronavirus, the World Health Organization is now focusing on maintaining 'physical distance' instead of social distance or social isolation.

"We want people to keep in touch," Maria Kerkhov, the World Health Organization's epidemiologist, told Reuters.

"We want people to keep in touch through the internet and social media. Because in this epidemic situation, keeping your physical condition in order is just as important as keeping your mental state in order."