All age groups susceptible to new variant of COVID-19 - expert

AKIPRESS.COM - The number of patients and hospitalizations is growing with development of third coronavirus wave, Health Ministry's senior infectious disease specialist Ainura Kutmanova tolda press conference on June 29.
A new variant of COVID-19 is more contagious and spreads fast, she said.
"All age groups are susceptible to a new variant of COVID-19. If we said before mainly elderly people and people with chronic diseases catch infection, now we have younger patients in hospitals," Ainura Kutmanova stated.