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India News: NEW DELHI: The Centre is pushing for preparedness of paediatric health infrastructure to be able to tackle any surge in cases of Covid-19 among childr.

Doctors, experts say cases on rise among children in 2nd wave

Representative image NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday cautioned that even though the coronavirus infection has not taken a serious shape among children till now, its impact can increase among them if there is a change in virus behaviour or epidemiology dynamics, and said preparations are on to deal with any such situation. "We reassure you that the needs of the paediatric population will be arranged and no gaps will be left," NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said, adding "we will do an ...

New Delhi, [India], June 1 (ANI): Owing to the rising of post-Covid complications in children, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has set up a dedicated ward for the pediatrics suffering from multi-organ inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

What is this MIS-C? Why do parents need to be aware of it? What can we do to reduce the risk of Covid and MIS-C, be it now or during the anticipated third wave?

MIS-C is a condition associated with COVID-19 that first emerged in April 2020.

The second wave of the pandemic has affected children severely than the first wave. Several MIS-C cases have been observed in post-Covid patients between 4-18 years of age.