the head of the Federal biomedical Agency (FMBA) Veronika Skvortsova has described the behavior of coronaviruses in children. She told about it on air of the First channel, reports RIA Novosti.
According to her, the threat of complications in the early stages for children exists, but it is rare. Skvortsova noted that most children are carriers of the coronavirus that is the disease asymptomatic.
earlier in the Russian Ministry of health said that a quarter of children suffer coronavirus without symptoms, and hospitalization requires up to 10 percent of children. Severe course marked by an average 1 percent of cases COVID-19 in children, often complicated form of the disease develop in children with severe concomitant diseases.
April 29 it was reported that the experts from Italy and the UK have found a link between the coronavirus and the number of cases of inflammatory diseases in children. So, in the United States from the three coronavirus-infected children demonstrated a rare inflammatory syndrome. It is similar to what was found in many minors in Europe who were admitted to hospital with high fever and swollen arteries. However, the expert of the world health organization Mike Ryan said that, in most cases, children can easily tolerate the disease and recover fully.
