A systematic review of 18 studies shows most children had mild symptoms, if any, and generally required supportive care only. Typically, they had a good prognosis and recovered within 1 to 2 weeks. ‘In this systematic review of 18 studies with 1065 participants, most pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection presented with fever, dry cough, and fatigue or were asymptomatic; 1 infant presented with pneumonia, complicated by shock and kidney failure, and was successfully treated with intensive care. Most pediatric patients were hospitalised, and symptomatic children received mainly supportive care; no deaths were reported in the age range of 0 to 9 years.’
Read here (JamaNetwork, April 22, 2020)
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