“Hence it can be said that there are possible chances of children witnessing more problems, which may be of concern but not lethal than adults,” Arya added.
Tushar Tayal, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram, stated that in comparison with earlier variants so far, this variant is affecting extra kids in numbers.
The consultants stated that the signs of Omicron in children are majorly just like adults, like sore throat, gentle fever, fatigue, and so on.
“We should be more prepared for our children’s safety this time. The symptoms present in children are not much different from adults, which includes cough and cold, fever, etc.,” Tayal advised IANS.
“Parents should make their children stay at home as much as possible, take every COVID-19 related precaution, and take good care of their nutrition to fight severity if get infected,” he added.
According to information from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a median of 672 kids have been admitted to hospitals each day with COVID-19 over the past week ending Sunday — the best such variety of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, a research by the CDC stated that youngsters who have been contaminated with COVID-19 had the next danger of creating new instances of diabetes after their an infection.
In India, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday morning stated that with 64 new Omicron infections being detected within the final 24 hours, the nationwide tally of this extremely transmissible COVID-19 variant has mounted to three,071.
As per the ministry, until now, the an infection has unfold to 27 states and UTs. However, Maharashtra and Delhi proceed to be the worst-hit states.
Source: IANS
