The committee is expected to submit “comprehensive management guidelines of Covid in children within a week,” the resolution states, signed by Deputy Secretary, Health department B B Rathod. (Representational Image)The Gujarat health department, by way of a resolution dated May 27, has constituted a seven-member committee for preparing guidelines on ‘paediatric holistic Covid management’. The committee is expected to submit “comprehensive management guidelines of Covid in children within a week,” the resolution states, signed by Deputy Secretary, Health department B B Rathod. “Under the guidance from the Government of Gujarat and based on guidelines from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and resources from IAP, the guideline (by the state committee) will be fine-tuned to local needs…majority of children world-over have sailed through with a mild or asymptomatic disease, those with some comorbidities may develop some severity, requiring hospitalisation. For children with autoimmune diseases, they are more likely to develop severe disease.

Source: Indian Express May 28, 2021 19:41 UTC