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Parents urged to protect young children against COVID-19 amid deaths of Under 5s


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Prominent Thai virologist Dr. Yong Poovorawan is urging parents of children under 5 to take special care of them by protecting them from COVID-19 infection, citing the death toll among young children.

 

Quoting initial information from the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Yong, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University, said in his Facebook post today (Tuesday) that there have been 51 deaths of children from COVID-19 this year, 39 of whom were under 5 and, of these, 10 were healthy children and 19 had underlying conditions.

 

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He said that deaths of young children who are healthy is unacceptable, but often occur quite quickly. He also pointed out that, currently, there are no vaccines for available for children under five in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/parents-urged-to-protect-young-children-against-covid-19-amid-deaths-of-under-5s/

 

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