Africa’s young and rural population may limit spread and severity of coronavirus, study says

Millions of Africans may be infected by the coronavirus in coming months, but the continent’s young and rural population may help limit the spread and severity, a new report says.A study by medical journal BMJ Global Health said a large youth population may lead to more infections but “most of these infections will be asymptomatic or mild, and will probably go undetected”.The study conducted last month in Kenya, Senegal and Ghana by academics at the University of Oxford and Université Paris 1…

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