The new COVID-19 strain could be causing the issue.
The new COVID-19 variant had probably a lot to do with the dramatic increase in the numbers of infections/hospitalizations among young adults and children. A recent study made at the Imperial College London has not been peer-reviews yet has examined public health data to find out how the recent cases have been affected by the new virus mutation discover in the U.K.
Their findings suggested that young adults are more likely to contract the new virus strain and become infected, compared to the original one that didn’t seem to affect children as much. The study authors also mentioned that there is a shift in the age composition of reported cases, with a large percent of 20-year-olds being infected with the new variant.
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Their findings confirmed that the new virus mutation is more contagious, especially for the age group that was previously less affected by COVID-19. According to Neil Ferguson, PhD, a scientist at Imperial College and one of the study’s authors, the new variant has proven to be more infectious for children and young adults.
The mutation has proven to be more contagious in children under 15, compared to the non-variant virus, Ferguson has added.
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