30 August 2020 12:02 ISTA video explainer on how SARS-CoV-2 directly and indirectly impacts children around the worldThe COVID-19 pandemic has kept paediatricians busy with worried parents seeking advice for the best possible way to protect children from SARS-CoV-2. Studies have shown that children infected with COVID-19 generally tend to have milder or no symptoms compared with adults. A recent study by Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Hospital for Children has found that infected children have a viral load comparable with adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment. But a small sub-set of children tend to develop severe cardiac complications, including hypotension, shock, and acute heart failure. Apart from the threat of being infected by the virus, children worldwide have been profoundly affected by the social and economic upheavals caused by COVID-19.

Source: The Hindu August 30, 2020 06:33 UTC