“Considering that most children have ‘silent disease,’ there is no better alternative to enable early detection than extensive testing,” she said. “Had it not for Korea’s large-scale testing regime in the first few months, over 90 percent of the children’s cases analyzed in the study might have been missed.”
“If children with COVID-19 who don’t present with recognizable symptoms are proven to have transmission potential, their role in transmitting the disease in the community could be much greater than previously thought,” Han said. The children involved in the study were monitored for an average of 21.9 days, of whom 71 showed symptoms for a median of 11 days.
Fifty-four children had respiratory symptoms such as cough, sputum and nasal congestion. Mild fever, defined as body temperature between 37.5 and 37.9 degrees Celsius, developed in 35 children , whereas 27 patients had fever of 38 degrees Celsius or higher. Sixteen children presented with gastrointestinal symptoms including diarrhea and abdominal pain. Twelve children suffered loss of smell or taste.
2018, 10 Million people around the world got Tuberculosis....1.5 Million died from it. NO QUARANTINE MASK OR SOCIAL DISTANCE. WHY NOW ?
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