Perm doctor called the category of children suffering from COVID the most difficult

Over the past week, the incidence of covid in children aged 0 to 17 years has increased by 2.1 times. In the region, due to the spread of CORONAVIRUS, 718 classes were quarantined, and 894 classes were quarantined for SARS. In addition, there are schools and kindergartens completely closed for quarantine in the region - 25 and 5, respectively. Most often sick children aged 7 to 14 years. At the same time, as the Minister of HEALTH noted, the children's bed fund is 30% free and so far there are no severe cases of the disease among children. If the situation worsens, adult hospitals will be used to hospitalize children. If the participants in the educational process do not comply with the rules of anti-epidemic safety and maintain the current infection rate of students, the issue of introducing a mass distance will be considered.

RBC Perm spoke with Tatyana Gut, Deputy Chief Physician of Children's Clinical Hospital No. 3. She spoke about the children of which age category are most affected by the coronavirus infection and are admitted to hospitals for treatment, as well as the number of hospitalizations and health consequences.

Since when did the incidence of COVID in children begin to increase?

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