Internist of respiratory disease Repeatedly, the majority of COVID infections in children were mild and the mortality rate was very low. Please parents not to worry about having their children go to school during this time.
Today (3 Feb. 64), MD. Manu Lee Chaweng Wong, internist in respiratory diseases Vichaiyut Hospital discusses the case of a 26-day-old baby girl who is infected with COVID-19. Who is the youngest infected person in Thailand It is worrying parents that COVID-19 is a disease that affects more adults than children.
Even though children are infected, most will not have symptoms. Or have very few symptoms The mortality rate is very low. In foreign countries, only 2 of 100,000 children were found to die, compared to less than 1,000 times the elderly. But the likelihood that children will infect them are low.
Dr. Manoon analyzed that The cause of mild childhood symptoms may be caused by a COVID-19 receptor. In the upper respiratory tract of young children Less than older children and adults He also viewed that young children are immune to the four strains of the coronavirus, which are the strains that cause the common cold. Such a reason may have been immune to COVID-19. More than adults
As for the concerns about the relief for educational institutions to return to normal courses May result in increased transmission of infections in children There is an example in Sweden that has never announced the closure of schools. But very little infection and transmission was found in children. If an infection is found, it should be closed for infectious classes only.
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