<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization has warned that spikes in coronavirus transmission in a number of countries were being driven by young people letting down their guard.<br />''<br />''WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, although older people are at a higher risk of severe disease, younger people are at risk too. One of the challenges we face is convincing younger people of this risk, he added.<br />''   <br />''Saying that young people can be infected and can transmit the virus to others, he stressed that young people must take the same precautions to protect themselves and others.</span><br />