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‘More children likely to be infected in third wave’ May 20, 2021 Experts call for setting up of paediatric task force to take necessary precautions Patients gasping for breath, relatives desperately looking for hospital beds and oxygen cylinders – these are some of the images that come to our mind when we think of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Even as the country grapples with the steady spike in the number and severity of infections, senior paediatric experts and health consultants feel the third wave could turn serious for children, unless infrastructure is ramped up and ade...

May 08, 2021 × The taskforce will also consider setting Sick Newborn Care Unit and ICU apart from child ventilators In view of the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic and its likely impact on the children, the Maharashtra government is in the process of setting up a Paediatric Task Force, said Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday while addressing the media. On Wednesday, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, K Vijay Raghavan, had said given the movement of the Covid virus in the country, third wave of the pandemic was inevitable. Tope said that treating children up to t...