KOMPASTV – The number of Covid-19 cases still shows an increase every day. Not only attacking adults, COVID-19 is also vulnerable to be experienced by children. The delta variant, which quickly infects, is thought to be the trigger.
Data from the website of the Indonesian Covid-19 Handling Task Force, as many as 12.8% of children in Indonesia, were exposed to Covid-19. This means that one in eight cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia since the beginning of the pandemic has been a child.
Of these, 2.9% occurred in children aged 0-5 years, 9.9% afflicted children aged 6-18 years.
The Indonesian Pediatrician Association also pointed out, case fatality rate or the death rate in children due to COVID-19 in Indonesia, the highest in the world.
Seeing from this spike, the potential for massive transmission in the child age group needs to be watched out for. In addition to tightening health protocols, it is important for parents to also know the symptoms of Covid-19 that can occur in children.
Launching from the kompas.com page, the most common symptoms of COVID-19 in children are fever and cough.
However, children can experience other symptoms of COVID-19, such as a stuffy nose or runny nose. Loss of sense of taste or smell, sore throat, shortness of breath, diarrhea or stomach pain, nausea or vomiting, fatigue, headache, pain in muscles or other parts of the body. And poor appetite, especially in babies under one year.
These symptoms can be more severe, if the child has comorbidities or comorbidities.
Then how to care and treatment for children if exposed to covid-19? And what should you pay attention to if your child has to self-isolate? Find the answer in let’s be healthy.
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