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Corona infection among young people is constantly increasing, and at week 46 the age group 13 to 19 years had the highest number of cases in relation to the population.
However, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, young people tend to have a milder course of the disease than older people. However, young people with no known risk factors can also have a severe course of the disease.
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I was not ready
Gard Hagen (19) from Lørenskog is one of the young people infected in week 46. When he woke up with a bad cold on Saturday morning, he decided to get tested for covid-19 the following Monday.
However, when he tested positive, he was not prepared to get as sick as he was.
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– I have a friend who wore a crown and didn’t notice anything, so I didn’t think he would notice that much, he tells Dagbladet.
– I struggle with tendon pain all over my body, I have a dry cough, I am short of breath and then I notice that I have pressure around my chest, says Hagen.
Muscle aches, fever, and cough are common symptoms of the coronavirus.
Common perception
He believes it is a common perception among young people that they do not get as sick from the coronavirus as older people.
– Many young people say they are not afraid of the crown. But there are actually those who notice it. I really realized that, he says.
Known risk factors do not increase mortality
Now Hagen must remain in isolation until Tuesday. He doesn’t know why the virus hit him so hard, but he suspects it may have something to do with the fact that he was diagnosed with kissing disease this winter.
– Now I just sit in my room, play and watch movies, he says.
Aimed at young people
At the press conference on November 13, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) spoke directly to adolescents and encouraged them to take responsibility and be very careful with infection control measures, such as washing their hands.
This is how the Swedes have handled the pandemic
– We do this in solidarity with older people and other vulnerable groups, Solberg said.
However, he emphasized that it is important not to exclude individual groups from society.
– We have heard that the store employees, Swedish and Polish, have been incited. That is not right. We will take care of each other, he said.
Gard Hagen is the brother of journalist Angelica Hagen who works for Dagbladet.
