‘Epidemic Is Changing’: WHO Warns Under-40s Are Spreading COVID
“People in their 20s, 30s and 40s are increasingly driving the spread,” said Takeshi Kasai, the WHO’s Western Pacific regional director, warning that those cases spill over to more vulnerable populations. The alert comes while U.S. schools trying to reopen report infections.
The Washington Post:
WHO Warns Young People Are Emerging As Main Spreaders Of The Coronavirus
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that young people are becoming the primary drivers of the spread of the novel coronavirus in many countries — a worrisome trend experts fear may grow in the United States as many colleges and schools begin to reopen. Many nations in Asia, which had previously pushed infections to enviably low rates, have experienced surges in recent weeks at the same time that the age of those infected skewed younger. (Wan and Balingit, 8/18)
The Wall Street Journal:
New U.S. Covid-19 Cases Jump As Fears Grow Over Campus Spread
New coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed higher, but remained below 50,000 for the fourth day in a row, as some universities and schools move classes online to avoid campus outbreaks. The U.S. reported more than 44,000 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, up sharply from the previous day’s 35,112, but lower than recent peaks this month and in July, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Total cases in the U.S. approached 5.5 million, while the nation’s death toll neared 172,000. (Hall, 8/19)
CNN:
US Coronavirus: Covid-19 Infections Among Students Have Already Caused Some Colleges To Halt In-Person Classes
Just days before classes are slated to resume, colleges across the country are finding it may be next to impossible to create a coronavirus-free environment on campus. Young people -- who US officials say helped drive a nationwide surge of new coronavirus cases over the summer -- are now returning to college campuses across the country. With them have come reports of hundreds of infections. (Maxouris, 8/19)
