IDAI: Comorbid Undetected, Child Death Due to COVID-19 High

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Chairman of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) Safe B. Pulungan said, undetected comorbidities lead to death child due to COVID-19 is high. According to IDAI data, 1 in 8 cases of COVID-19 are children.

Of these cases, 3 to 5 percent of the children died as a result of COVID-19 and half are toddlers. This means that the highest mortality due to COVID-19 in children is under five (50 percent). Then death in the age group 10-18 years, which is 30 percent.

“Children can also get sick and die from COVID-19. This depends on the comorbidities the child has. There are differences between the comorbidities of children and adults,” said Aman during a press conference on Sunday, June 27, 2021.

“One of the comorbidities in children, namely malnutrition, obesity, congenital abnormalities cerebral palsy, and tuberculosis (TB), which sometimes goes undetected. So, in the end, it is these (comorbidities) that aggravate the high mortality rate COVID-19 on the child. “

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