It became known that the proportion of children among cases of COVID-19 in Russia has almost doubled.
On May 12, the head of Rospotrebnadzor spoke at a briefing at the Government House and reported new data on the situation with the spread of coronavirus in the country. Anna Popova noted that the share of children among those with COVID-19 has recently increased markedly. That is why parents now need to be especially careful to ensure that children comply with all preventive measures for a disease that has swept the whole world.
“The age structure has changed somewhat within the total number of cases. The proportion has increased, the proportion of children under 17 has increased. If three weeks ago this share was 5%, then today it is almost 7% of the involvement of the child population, this also needs to be paid attention to parents in order to be as careful about the health of their children as possible, “- quotes the head of Rospotrebnadzor .
The symptoms of young Russians have not yet been analyzed, but in America, where everything began earlier, doctors observe atypical features of the coronavirus in children. It is reported by with reference to the American edition of CTPost.
The fact is that several patients at a hospital in Connecticut have been diagnosed with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, which is possibly associated with coronavirus. They were diagnosed with acute inflammation of the glands, in addition, the children complained of severe pain in the chest and abdomen.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference on May 12 that about 100 children and adolescents are currently suffering from inflammatory syndrome.
“Initially, we thought that this virus does not work on children. Now we are dealing with a problem that worries us greatly. We have about 100 cases of an inflammatory disease that seems to have been caused by the COVID-19 virus, “the politician quotes. .
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