“There are probably a couple of reasons why it is more prevalent among kids,” Maniar said. “I think it’s possible that this new variant is finding them more susceptible and so able to spread among children,” Schaffner said. Advertisement“This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a variant that is more prevalent in children,” Maniar said. Using COVID data from New York, COVID variant researcher Ryan Hisner also found that BA.3.2 is more likely to infect kids, CNN reported. Narisara Nami via Getty Images Research shows that kids are more likely to get infected with the emerging new COVID variant BA.3.2.

Source: Huffington Post April 06, 2026 13:33 UTC