JAKARTA – Head of the Child Protection Task Force Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) Eva Devita said 20 percent of infected children Covid-19 has no symptoms, even though there is a virus in his body.
“There are 20 percent of children who are asymptomatic, so children have the virus in their bodies but do not have symptoms. This is precisely what is dangerous, because they can still transmit,” said Eva, Thursday (29/7/2021).
Seeing this situation, Eva advised all parents to give immunization injections and vaccinations to their children in order to break the chain of Covid-19 spread.
He said immunization is important for the body because it can ward off viruses or bacteria that enter the body. In addition, immunization is safe for children and can increase the antibodies in the body.
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“When there is an immunization, it will go directly to or stimulate the third layer of defense, so the body does not need to get sick. But then this third layer of defense will spur the formation of specific antibodies,” he said.
Eva revealed that one in eight people infected with Covid-19 is a child. About 12.5 percent of children have symptoms of Covid-19.
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While three to five percent of patients who died, 50 percent were children under five. This shows that most of the transmission of Covid-19 in children comes from family clusters.
