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Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden (center) is glaring at U.S. President Donald Trump (left) as he enters to hold a press conference at the United Nations last September.
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg claimed that adults are taking away the health and life standards of children suffering due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Thunberg appeared on a town hall meeting hosted by CNN on the 15th (local time), emphasizing this point and expressing concern for children who are being neglected amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Thunberg stated, "Children also get infected and spread this disease just like adults. We must be cautious of the false information that children do not get COVID-19. Adults need to understand that children can also be infected with COVID-19."

Thunberg's statement was not directly aimed at U.S. President Donald Trump, but it contradicts Trump's claim that children do not get infected with COVID-19 and that schools should be reopened.

President Trump, in an interview with Fox Business on the same day, asserted, "I think schools should be opened. Young people do not get infected with this (COVID-19) easily."

Trump's remarks were a sign of dissatisfaction with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the National Institutes of Health, who had earlier expressed concerns that reopening schools for the September semester might be difficult.

Thunberg and President Trump have become adversaries after several clashes since last year. In September last year, Thunberg gave a speech at the Climate Action Summit held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, saying, "You have stolen my dreams," and a scene where she gave a fierce glare at passing President Trump became a hot topic. President Trump had instructed the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement aimed at combating climate change.

In response, when Time magazine named Thunberg Person of the Year last year, President Trump mocked her with a tweet saying, "She should work on her anger management problem."

Meanwhile, Thunberg revealed that she herself experienced COVID-19 symptoms but has not yet been able to get tested. She introduced that she decided to self-isolate away from her family due to concerns about infection.

Thunberg's home country is Sweden, which pursued herd immunity. Sweden is a country that promoted COVID-19 herd immunity without conducting aggressive testing or lockdowns.

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