According to the estimates of this study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the age is an important factor in the Covid-19. A new study confirms that a
According to the estimates of this study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the age is an important factor in the Covid-19.
A new study confirms that age is an important factor in the Covid-19 : according to its estimates, less than 20 years were two times less likely to catch the disease more than 20 years. In addition, the proportion of patients who report symptoms after being infected is 21% among those aged 10 to 19 years, while it rises to 69% among those over 70 years of age, according to the estimates of this study, published in the journal Nature Medicine.
These results seem to indicate that “interventions aimed at children could have a relatively small impact on the reduction of the transmission of the new coronavirus, write the authors of the study, while the debate is strong in many countries on the reopening of schools after the confinement.
data from six countries
to arrive at these estimates, these researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have developed a mathematical model based on age, based on data from six countries (China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Canada and South Korea).
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The researchers also simulated epidemics Covid-19 in 146 capital cities around the world, and have concluded that the expected number of cases, in the absence of control measures, varied according to the age of the population. More the average age of the population was high, the number of cases per capita was high. Many studies have shown that children were less sensitive to the Covid-19 than adults, for reasons that are still unknown.
Date Of Update: 17 June 2020, 20:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn