Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who inspired the global school climate strikes, says it is “extremely likely” she has had the Covid-19 virus.
The teenager, whose solo protest outside the Swedish parliament kickstarted the global youth campaign, said in a post on Instagram that she had self isolated after she and her father returned from a trip around central Europe about two weeks ago. A few days later she said they both began to feel ill, and she complained of feeling tired with “shivers, sore throat and cough”. Thunberg said she had not been tested for the virus, in line with the policy in Sweden, and was now “basically recovered”.
She advises young people to be more mindful
She issued an urgent warning to other young people to take the virus seriously – even if they themselves were often only facing mild symptoms.
“We who do not belong to a risk group have an enormous responsibility, our actions can be the difference between life and death for many others.”