A European study confirms that deaths occur in less than 1% of children with the new coronavirus.
Covid-19 chez les enfants sont extrêmement rares et surviennent dans moins de 1% des cas. Des experts de Grande-Bretagne, Autriche et Espagne ont constaté que, chez les enfants, la maladie restait principalement bénigne. Les résultats de l’étude ont été publiés dans The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
To reach this conclusion, they analyzed the data of children aged three days to less than eighteen years collected in 82 health establishments. Thus, of the 600 children affected by Covid-19, only a quarter suffered from other pre-existing health problems. A first difference with contaminated adults who frequently suffer from comorbidities. More than 90 children, or 16%, had no symptoms. According to the researchers, of the 582 patients studied who tested positive for the virology test, only four died. They were all over the age of 10 and two had pre-existing medical conditions. “Data-reactid =” 24 “> It’s now proven. According to European study, deaths from Covid-19 in children are extremely rare and occur in less than 1% of cases. Experts from Britain, Austria and Spain have found that the disease in children remains mostly mild. The results of the study were published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
To reach this conclusion, they analyzed the data of children aged three days to less than eighteen years collected in 82 health establishments. Thus, of the 600 children affected by Covid-19, only a quarter suffered from other pre-existing health problems. A first difference with contaminated adults who frequently suffer from comorbidities. Over 90 children, or 16%, had no symptoms. According to the researchers, of the 582 patients studied who tested positive for the virology test, only four died. They were all over 10 years of age and two had pre-existing medical conditions.
Reassuring results
University Hospital in Madrid.
For his part, Marc Tebruegge of the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health at University College London believes that these initial results are rather reassuring: “The fatality rate in our cohort (of children, editor’s note) was very low; it should be even much lower, since many children with mild illness were not brought to the attention of a doctor and would therefore not be included in this study”. And to conclude: “Overall, the vast majority of children and youth suffer only from a mild illness“. Data-reactid =” 26 “> In addition, 8% of the children in the panel (48 out of 582 cases) developed a disease requiring treatment in intensive care. This study did not take into account the cases benign that did not require the intervention of doctors. “Children in whom additional viruses were detected in the respiratory tract at the same time as SARS-CoV-2 were more likely to be admitted to intensive care. This could have important implications for the coming winter season, when cold and flu infections are more common.”Notes one of the main authors, Dr. Begoña Santiago Garcia of the Gregorio Marañón University Hospital in Madrid.
For his part, Marc Tebruegge of the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health at University College London believes that these initial results are rather reassuring: “The fatality rate in our cohort (of children, editor’s note) was very low; it should be even much lower, since many children with mild illness were not brought to the attention of a doctor and would therefore not be included in this study”. And to conclude: “Overall, the vast majority of children and youth suffer only from a mild illness”.
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