SEOUL — South Korea on Tuesday announced its second child death from COVID-19. Pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Eun Byung-wook of Nowon Eulji University Hospital said although children with brain disorders did not always develop severe symptoms from COVID-19, hospital care was generally recommended. In Korea, children 12 and older are eligible for vaccination against COVID-19. In announcing the death in a closed-door briefing at 2:10 p.m., the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the child died while receiving hospital treatment. Korea’s first child known to have died of COVID-19 was a 5-year-old girl with a chronic neurological condition.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 08, 2021 20:39 UTC