'We have said it before and we will say it again, young people are not invincible,' WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization , speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, March 2, 2020.World Health Organization officials said Thursday that young people "letting down their guard" appear to be causing coronavirus cases to surge in some countries, and while their risk of death is generally low, they may suffer from long-term symptoms even after they recover.
Convincing younger people across the globe that the virus could pose a serious risk for their health remains a challenge for WHO, Tedros said.
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