Less than 10 pct COVID-19 cases, 0.2 pct deaths under age 20: WHO chief

GENEVA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Less than 10 percent of globally reported COVID-19 cases and less than 0.2 percent of deaths have been people under the age of 20, but more research is still needed on the risk of severe disease and death among children and adolescents, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

"We know that this virus can kill children, but that children tend to have a milder infection and there are very few severe cases and deaths from COVID-19 among children and adolescents," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press briefing on Tuesday.