COVID Infections Increase among Children

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Feb 21 (TNA) – Hospital beds for children infected with COVID-19 were densely occupied because they had not been vaccinated and contracted the disease from parents, according to the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

 

Dr Adisai Pattatang, director of the institute, said about 80% of hospital beds for children infected with COVID-19 were occupied and home isolation (HI) was applied to the infected children who were 1 year old and over and were asymptomatic.

 

Of the infected children, 15-17% were admitted to hospital, 50% were asymptomatic and 2.2% were critically ill.

 

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[ukrules]

I wonder if they're still getting 'Delta' cases in Thailand, are there any figures?

 

The more suppression there is then the longer Delta will be in circulation.

[Petey11]

1. There will be many times the number of infections in children than reported. 2. Probably find those2.2% have severe underlying conditions. I posted on Saturdays thread about BBC radio programme I had listened to on covid and children. Outcome was the risk is very low indeed for healthy children. This news also coincides with the push for vaccination of young children, coincidence?

[TooMuchTime]

4 hours ago, Petey11 said:

1. There will be many times the number of infections in children than reported. 2. Probably find those2.2% have severe underlying conditions. I posted on Saturdays thread about BBC radio programme I had listened to on covid and children. Outcome was the risk is very low indeed for healthy children. This news also coincides with the push for vaccination of young children, coincidence?

Children are a big market that hasn't been tapped into yet.  Big profits are to come if we can get this demographic vaccinated ASAP.  Hopefully we can get the time before boosters reduced to lock in profits for the financial year.

[MrJ2U]

Still waiting for children's Pfeizer vaccines they promised up in Sakon Nakhon.

 

Whats the hold up now?