As countries begin to emerge from shutdowns imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, the issue of how the virus affects children and whether schools should be reopened is taking on heightened importance.
FILE PHOTO: A child wearing a protective face mask disinfects hands as she arrives at a primary school, while Austrian schools reopen for pupils aged roughly six to 14, during the global coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File PhotoThere are fewer cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, among children compared to cases among adults, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Officials have also warned doctors to be on alert for cases of a rare life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children, which is reportedly similar to Kawasaki disease.A recent study observed a collection of international family clusters of COVID-19 and found that children were the initial source of infection in less than 10% of cases.
Researchers at the Institute for Virology at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin said that an analysis earlier this year of nearly 4,000 positive test samples found that the very young did not differ significantly from adults in viral load, leading them to caution against unlimited reopening of schools.
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