{"id":4567,"date":"2020-08-18T21:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4567"},"modified":"2020-08-18T21:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:26:06","slug":"pandemic-now-driven-20s-30s-40s-group-many-asymptomatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/pandemic-now-driven-20s-30s-40s-group-many-asymptomatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANILA — The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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People queue in front of a night club after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions for restaurants, bars and nightclubs were lifted, in Helsinki, Finland July 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

WHO officials said this month the proportion of younger people among those infected had risen globally, putting at risk vulnerable sectors of the population worldwide, including the elderly and sick people in densely populated areas with weak health services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe epidemic is changing,\u201d WHO Western Pacific regional director, Takeshi Kasai, told a virtual briefing. \u201cPeople in their 20s, 30s and 40s are increasingly driving the spread. Many are unaware they are infected.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis increases the risk of spillovers to the more vulnerable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

A surge in new cases has prompted some countries to re-impose curbs as\u00a0companies race to find<\/strong>\u00a0a vaccine for a virus that has battered economies, killed more than 770,000 people and infected nearly 22 million, according to a\u00a0Reuters<\/em>\u00a0tally.<\/p>\n

Surges were reported in countries that had appeared to have the virus under control, including Vietnam, which until recently went three months without domestic transmission due to its aggressive mitigation efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are observing is not simply a resurgence. We believe it\u2019s a signal that we have entered a new phase of pandemic in the Asia-Pacific,\u201d Kasai said.<\/p>\n

He said countries were better able to reduce disruption to lives and economies by combining early detection and response to manage infections.<\/p>\n

While mutations had been observed, the WHO still saw the virus as \u201crelatively stable\u201d, Kasai said.<\/p>\n

WHO also reminded drugmakers to follow all necessary research and development steps when creating a vaccine.<\/p>\n

Socorro Escalante, its technical officer and medicines policy advisor, said the WHO was coordinating with Russia, which this month became the first country to grant\u00a0regulatory approval\u00a0<\/strong>for a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to get the response in terms of the evidence of this new vaccine,\u201d Escalante said.<\/p>\n

Source: reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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