Recently, many States have reported an increase in the number of children testing positive for COVID. Children are as susceptible to COVID infection as adults and according to our latest national sero-survey, 25% of children surveyed were found to be affected. Are more children developing severe infection during the second wave? In a household, if several adults are diagnosed with COVID infection, there is a high possibility that the children will also be infected. Overall, there is no evidence that children are especially susceptible but due to a larger number of persons getting infected, the absolute number of affected children has also increased.

Source: The Hindu May 28, 2021 13:10 UTC