Younger people more vulnerable to Covid

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The Punjab government has compiled a study, which shows the people belonging to the 31-45 age group are more vulnerable to the infection, followed by 16-30 age group, contradicting earlier general reports that younger generations are less vulnerable to the virus.

One of the reasons given for more occurrence of the virus in younger generations is that the people of these two age groups get infected more due to outdoor activities/movement.

A senior official of the health department says most of the people in the groups mentioned above attend educational institutions, work or run businesses and many of them interact with people at their workplaces or educational institutions without preventive measures.

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