ROSTOCK, June 24 (WNM/Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung/Silvia Leek) - Although populations in countries in the Global South are on average younger than in Europe, they might be more vulnerable to severe forms of COVID-19. One reason for this is the higher proportion of people at working age with pre-existing chronic conditions. At almost every age within this population group, more people in Brazil and Nigeria suffer from pre-existing chronic conditions than in European countries, ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...