‘TRICKY MOMENT’ AS SCHOOLS REOPEN AMID COVID WORRIES

Europe is entering a “tricky moment” with the new school year, and while classrooms have not played a major role in spreading coronavirus, there is growing evidence of youth infecting others at social gatherings, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The continent has recorded higher numbers of COVID-19 infections among young people this summer, Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, told a news briefing. “It may be that the younger people are not necessarily going to die from it, but it’s a tornado with a long tail.”