KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Parents should take preventive measures to protect their children against any viral infection, more so now in light of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. “Children face the same risk of infection as adults and as such, the preventive steps apply to them as well. He said efforts like frequent washing of hands would over time become habitual, which will help to protect children against infections. Low immunityThe novel coronavirus, which was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, can cause inflammation of the lungs. On reports that the drug nelfinavir can be used to treat coronavirus infection, Dr Lee said: “There's no confirmation yet but they are trying some HIV drugs, including lopinavir, which were tried during the previous SARS outbreak.

Source: The Star February 05, 2020 04:18 UTC