April 20, 2020
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The case of a nine-year-old French child who, despite a long-undetected coronavirus infection, did not infect anyone, concerns science: According to a study recently published in the US journal “Clinical Infectious Diseases”, coronavirus tests were negative for all 172 contact persons of the child out.
According to the researchers, the case could suggest that children do not play an important role in the spread of Sars-Cov-2. The nine-year-old child had contracted the corona virus in the Haute-Savoie region of eastern France and had taken part in three ski courses without knowing his infection.
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Health authorities later identified 172 people who had come into contact with the child during the incubation period. Corona virus tests in all of the contact persons were negative. The child had not infected even his own siblings.
However, seasonal diseases such as the flu were found in 64 percent of the contact persons, the study said. The case provides evidence that “children may not be a major source of transmission of this novel virus,” it said.
The nine-year-old child had only mild symptoms, the authors write. As the epidemiologist and co-study author Kostas Danis said, the child also suffered from other respiratory diseases.
A large part of the known corona infections in children is mild. However, it is feared that infected children could infect older people or members of high-risk groups. Because of this fear, schools and daycare centers are closed in many countries.
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