Coronavirus: Why youngsters are likely to escape the worst

WHO report suggests few patients under 18 face life-threatening illness

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Students wear face masks in school after Indonesia confirmed its first cases of COVID-19, in Jakarta on March 4. © Reuters

HIROTO ARAMAKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The novel coronavirus appears to hit elderly people hardest, while patients in their teens and younger tend to suffer relatively mild symptoms.

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