Why are some countries seeing more COVID-19 cases among children?
The perceived wisdom has been that the virus does not affect children as severely,
but case numbers in Brazil, Indonesia and India suggest otherwise
By Melissa Davey / The Guardian
Brazil’s leading epidemiologist is seeing symptoms of COVID-19 in children that starkly contrast with the message that has been relayed globally throughout the pandemic: That children do not appear to be affected severely by the virus.
Severe muscle aches, diarrhea, coughing, abdominal pain and hospitalization all of these are happening to children with COVID-19 in Brazil, said Fatima Marinho, director of noncommunicable diseases and health promotion at the Brazilian Ministry of Health.