“Young children are not infected and do not transmit the virus,” Koch said in a press conference.
A top World Health Organization official says the U.N. health agency is looking into whether grandparents can safely hug their grandchildren without risk of contracting the coronavirus.
“I’m sure many grandparents around the world are dying to hug their grandchildren,” Maria van Kerkhove, a World Health Organisation technical lead, said during a WHO press conference on April 29.
