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Doctors have sought to reassure parents that there has been no increase in the severity of Covid-19 cases among children because of the new variant.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said children s wards are not seeing any significant pressure from Covid-19.
It comes after a London hospital matron told BBC Radio 5 Live of having a ward full of children with coronavirus.
Laura Duffel said the surge in cases was much scarier than the first wave.
Ms Duffel, who has been working on Covid wards since the beginning of the UK s epidemic and specialises in children s intensive care, told 5 Live s Chiles on Friday show that people were wrong to say busy hospitals were merely a reflection of normal winter pressures on the NHS.
“Children’s wards are usually busy in winter.
“As of now we are not seeing significant pressure from Covid-19 in paediatrics across the UK,” Prof Viner said in a statement on Saturday.
“As cases in the community rise there will be a small increase in the number of children we see with Covid-19, but the overwhelming majority of children and young people have no symptoms or very mild illness only.
“The new variant appears to affect all ages and, as yet, we are not seeing any greater severity amongst children and young people.”
His comments were supported by a number of paediatricians working in children’s wards.
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