Epidemiologist of the National Expert Group on Infection Control (NEGIC) Ekaterina Soyak explained why the coronavirus is much less threatening to children. According to her, lung tissue in children is less susceptible to COVID-19.
Children do not get sick so intensely, this has already been proven. In other countries, it is clear that children do not perceive the virus the same way as adults. Most often, the coronavirus in children does not manifest itself in any way, and does not affect the lungs.
Soyak noted that in adults, the virus settles in the lungs only in severe cases.
80% of adults carry the virus quite easily, their course is similar to that which is most often observed in minors.Unfortunately, there are exceptions to any rule, the coronavirus sometimes harms children, in Ukraine, for example, during the pandemic, two cases of death in children were recorded.
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