Doctor Hilary Jones has raised serious concerns on the age groups who have been identified as 'transmitting' coronavirus after a sharp rise in infections in the UK.
On Sunday afternoon the alarming news was revealed that the number of cases had shot up to 2,988, according to government data.
The jump represents the highest number reported on a single day since May 22 and an increase of 1,175 from 24 hours earlier.
The concern sparked by the new coronavirus numbers was addressed on Monday's Lorraine when host Lorraine Kelly asked resident health expert Dr Hilary "how worried should we be?"
While admitting it was " a big jump," Dr Hilary said 'the good news' was that only two new deaths were recorded and then went onto to reveal the age groups who have been pinpointed as, in his words, 'transmitting' the virus.
He explained: "What we do know is that it is mainly younger people who are testing positive; particularly 15-44 year old groups of people and of those 20-29 are the majority of them.
"So young working adults, they are the ones who are transmitting the virus to each other.
"However, they are not becoming ill. We know that they have a better ability to cope by and large, they're not so badly affected as older people and those with pre-existing health conditions."
But Dr Hilary then went onto raise fears over the repercussions of the younger generation being infected.
He told Lorraine: "If they're transmitting the virus then they could bring it home and more vulnerable people could be affected.
"With thousands of university students going back on campus; this is a group who don't know about social distancing, on the whole, They love to be group, they love to parties.
"This is the group who'll be seeing most of the infections. The concern is they might be fine at university but they could bring the virus home, particularly at Christmas. This is a time when they see grandma and grandfather; they want to hug, they want to be intimate and that's the concern.
"Of course those grandparents have been told they don't need to shield...they just need to be careful; be cautious, socially distance."
