While the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions are the hardest hit by the virus, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that young people were also vulnerable.
A traveller wearing protective clothing and a full-face mask goes up an escalator after leaving Beijing Railway Station as China is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, on March 20 2020.Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organisation warned young people they were"not invincible".
While President Donald Trump insisted the United States was"winning" the war against the virus, individual states dramatically ramped up restrictions, with New York and Illinois joining California in ordering residents to stay home. "Today I have a message for young people: you are not invincible. This virus could put you in hospital for weeks - or even kill you," Tedros said.
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