Tag: children
18,296 COVID-19 patients in Israel’s schools
The number of school children infected with COVID-19 across the country [Israel] on Monday [15th February 2021] evening stands at 16,643. More...
Long Covid: ‘It is heartbreaking to watch your child suffer’
Long-COVID strikes between 10% and 30% of children, many who had mild cases of the virus. More...
Israeli hospitals warned to brace for increased coronavirus infections in children
Five Israeli children hospitalized, one in serious condition, as experts warn that reopening schools will cause spike in COVID infection among kids too young to be vaccinated
Israeli hospitals are being asked to prepare for an increase in coronavirus infection among children as Israel exits lockdown and schools reopen. More...
‘A 6-Year-Old In A 90-Year-Old’s Body’ – The Children Devastated By Long Covid
“He’s like a six-year-old in a 90-year-old’s body,” says Chris Ward of his son Thomas, who first fell ill last February with a fever, breathlessness and aches all over his body. More...
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to be tested on children aged 6yrs to 17yrs
Trial will use 300 volunteers to assess whether jab produces strong immune response in children aged six to 17
Researchers will use 300 volunteers to assess whether the jab – known as the the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine – produces a strong immune response in children aged between six and 17. More...
59 children test positive for coronavirus at a nursery and elementary school in Bollate, Milan
The British variant of COVID-19 (B.1.1.7) has been found in three of the 59 children who have tested positive for Covid-19 at a nursery and elementary school at Bollate near Milan. More...
More young children are being infected with coronavirus in Israel and Italy, emerging data suggest
Paediatricians in Israel, which has surged ahead in vaccinating its adult population, reported a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections among young people, with more than 50,000 children and teens testing positive in January—more than Israel saw in any month during the first and second waves. More...
100 UK children a week are being hospitalised with Covid-19 PIMS MISC
Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease PIMS (MISC)
75% of children worst affected by paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome are BAME
Up to 100 children a week are being hospitalised with a rare disease that can emerge weeks after Covid-19, leaving them in intensive care, doctors have said. More...
Corzano, Italy: We have 140 positives and 60% are elementary and kindergarten students
10 percent of the population of Corzano, a town of 1,400 people in the province of Brescia, is positive for Covid. More...
Tenth Yanomami child dies of coronavirus in Brazil
The Yanomami recorded the death of one more child by covid-19 and account for ten deaths caused by the disease. More...