Under-20s are HALF as likely to get sick with the coronavirus and only a fifth of children develop symptoms of the disease, finds study

Under-20s are half as likely to become sick with Covid-19 as over-70s, according to research.

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine academics also found only 21 per cent of infected 10 to 19-year-olds had symptoms.

In comparison, the rate among over-70s — considered to be the most vulnerable to the disease — was three times higher (69 per cent).

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