The audit will delve into delay in seeking care or death at home, delay in reaching healthcare facility or transport, delay in referral, delay in care quality of care
More children are testing positive in the second Covid wave but the infection is mostly mild and the mortality rate low, say experts, citing increased testing and enhanced understanding of symptoms as among the possible reasons for the rising graph. Though there is enough anecdotal evidence of COVID-19 catching children early teens and younger there is little reason to panic, said several doctors and scientists. They also stressed on the urgent need to vaccinate children to stem the spread of the infection. There is a general increase or shift in infection numbers towards children and younger groups as compared to older people, agreed virologist Upasana Ray.
In an interview, Dr N K Arora, Chairman of India s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), said Indian data does not show specific predilection of the currently circulating virus strains either for the youth or paediatric age group.
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There is no reason to believe that children will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the coming weeks and months or the next wave, the head of a government working group said.
There is no reason to believe that children will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the coming weeks and months or the next wave, the head of a government working group said but stressed the need for additional resource inputs to improve the pediatric Covid services.
In an interview with PTI, Dr. N K Arora, Chairman of India s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), said Indian data does not show specific predilection of the currently circulating virus strains either for the youth or pediatric age group.