More children and adolescents are contracting the disease but hospital admissions remain low
on children with Covid-19, published on Monday, says children make up 4.2% of all Covid-19 associated admissions to hospital.
“However, there are still much lower numbers of infected children compared to adults, with children comprising about 10% of all positive tests, despite being about 30% of the population,” she adds. Jo Barnes, an epidemiologist at Stellenbosch University, agrees, noting that “teenagers the world over show scant regard for the sensible but irritating precautions that help to cut down on transmission rates”.
“Adolescents have been involved in several rather momentous outbreaks around schools and establishments. Due to young age and less common comorbidities, they tend to do better than older people but they do become infected and infectious,” Preiser says.
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