So what should millennials be doing? Well, there’s no need to panic: all they really need to do is follow health guidelines.

Which, basically, boils down to this: wash your hands, practice good hygiene and start social distancing.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the physician leading the US administration’s coronavirus task force, told The New York Times: “You have the potential then to spread it to someone who does have a condition that none of us knew about, and cause them to have a disastrous outcome.”

Dr. Christopher Carlsten, head of respiratory medicine at the University of British Columbia, added: “Younger people may feel more confident about their ability to withstand a virus like this.

“But if that many younger people are being hospitalised, that means that there are a lot of young people in the community that are walking around with the infection.”

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