Children: possible spreader of COVID-19?
The research, conducted in India, identified children and young adults as the key transmitters of the virus within households. This is contrary to earlier studies that said children have less susceptibility to infection and transmission. On the other hand, the Mass General Hospital for Children in August stated that children can still carry the virus.
Based on the nose and throat swabs and blood samples, research detected a high level of virus in the airways of infected children. Researchers also noted that it was higher compared to adults receiving COVID-19 treatments in ICUs. “I was not expecting the viral load to be so high. You think of a hospital, and of all of the precautions taken to treat severely ill adults, but the viral loads of these hospitalized patients are significantly lower than a ‘healthy child’ who is walking around with a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load,” she added.However, she explained that symptoms of COVID-10 like fever, cough, and runny nose can still be misdiagnosed among children.
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