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The coronavirus, at the beginning of its spread, mainly affected older people, those with weaker health and ethical minority groups. However, scientists fear that young people who are enjoying the summer are next - as happened with the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918, writes INDEPENDENT. "What we saw in 1918 was a change in the virus. The second wave was different to the first wave and affected a different group of people, mainly young people," Professor Roger Kirby, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, told BBC Radio 4. The doctor, Hans Kluge, director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), also warned that they are receiving reports from civil and health authorities that there is a higher number of cases among young people aged 20 to 35.
Kluge said that he has two daughters and Brazil WhatsApp Number Data that he understands that young people "don't want to miss the summer", reports abcnews.al "But they are responsible for themselves, their parents, grandparents and the community, and we need to know how to behave well and healthily, so use that knowledge." Long-term health effects Read also: The WHO is closely monitoring a new variant of the coronavirus Balance/ 22 citizens infected with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours The Spanish Flu pandemic broke out in March 1918 and mainly affected the elderly and sick during the First World War. By August 1918, there was hope that the pandemic would end, but death again prevailed from September to November.
The virus underwent changes and affected young, healthy people, reports abcnews.al. Experts fear that COVID-19 could go through a "W" curve, the same as it did with the Spanish Flu, the deadliest pandemic in history, affecting an estimated 500 million people and killing, according to some estimates, between 17 up to 50 million people worldwide. The Spanish flu initially had a "U" curve, with a large number of deaths among a very old and very young population. Then, the curve became "W", also affecting healthy people aged 25-35 years. "We have already said it and we will say it again: young people are not invincible. Young people can get infected, young people can die and young people can transmit the virus to others," warned WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after his colleague Kluge's speech.
Kluge said that he has two daughters and Brazil WhatsApp Number Data that he understands that young people "don't want to miss the summer", reports abcnews.al "But they are responsible for themselves, their parents, grandparents and the community, and we need to know how to behave well and healthily, so use that knowledge." Long-term health effects Read also: The WHO is closely monitoring a new variant of the coronavirus Balance/ 22 citizens infected with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours The Spanish Flu pandemic broke out in March 1918 and mainly affected the elderly and sick during the First World War. By August 1918, there was hope that the pandemic would end, but death again prevailed from September to November.
The virus underwent changes and affected young, healthy people, reports abcnews.al. Experts fear that COVID-19 could go through a "W" curve, the same as it did with the Spanish Flu, the deadliest pandemic in history, affecting an estimated 500 million people and killing, according to some estimates, between 17 up to 50 million people worldwide. The Spanish flu initially had a "U" curve, with a large number of deaths among a very old and very young population. Then, the curve became "W", also affecting healthy people aged 25-35 years. "We have already said it and we will say it again: young people are not invincible. Young people can get infected, young people can die and young people can transmit the virus to others," warned WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after his colleague Kluge's speech.