//World Health Organization looking into whether grandparents should hug their grandchildren amid virus spread

World Health Organization looking into whether grandparents should hug their grandchildren amid virus spread

A top World Health Organization official says the U.N. health agency is looking into whether grandparents can safely hug their grandchildren without risk of contracting the coronavirus.The comments from Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of WHO’s emergencies program, come after a top Swiss health official this week suggested that grandparents could hold young grandchildren — under age 10 — close without risk of contracting the