It has cited long-term health risks related to the coronavirus disease among children in support of its advice. “It has also been noticed that even mild infections can cause long-term damage to different organs which also happen to children,” it added. The committee also said that the rate of infection among children may initially appear low, but that is not the case. Around 8 percent of the confirmed coronavirus cases are children of school-going age, according to an analysis by the government’s disease control agency IEDCR. The official number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has crossed 300,000, but experts believe the rate is much higher.

Source: bd News24 August 27, 2020 21:33 UTC