Children half as likely to catch Covid-19 than adults

Amidst concerns of children returning to school before it’s safe, Professor Russell Viner (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) comments on new research from UCL which indicates children and young people are 56% less likely to contract Covid-19 than adults.

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