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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s health minister warned on Wednesday that young people can develop severe cases of COVID-19 and asked for their cooperation in taming an infection rate that has more than doubled in a week as the Delta variant tears through unvaccinated younger adults.
Revellers talk through a barrier as police control the access to a bar area as San Fermin festival was cancelled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pamplona, Spain July 6, 2021.. REUTERS/Susana Vera
“One in every 100 cases in 20 to 24-year-olds is admitted to hospital,” Carolina Darias told a news conference on Wednesday, adding that the majority of recent outbreaks were linked to end-of-term student parties.
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