Covid-19: Experts stress on strategies to tackle infections in kids with pre-existing co-morbidities
The ongoing second wave of Covid-19, in which number of children affected have seen a rise, has alerted the country s health experts to stress on ways to handle children, with pre-existing co-morbidities, who have been infected with the deadly virus.
ANI | New Delhi | Updated: 22-05-2021 14:40 IST | Created: 22-05-2021 14:40 IST
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By Joymala Bagchi The ongoing second wave of Covid-19, in which number of children affected have seen a rise, has alerted the country s health experts to stress on ways to handle children, with pre-existing co-morbidities, who have been infected with the deadly virus.
India News: NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday urged the Union Health Ministry and states to take stock of the .
The ongoing second wave of Covid-19, in which number of children affected have seen a rise, has alerted the country s health experts to stress on ways to handle children, with pre-existing co-morbidities, who have been infected with the deadly virus. In India, 26 per cent of the population is less than 14 years of age and nearly seven per cent are less than five-years-old. Prof Sheffali Gulati, a Child neurologist at All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi told ANI, What we are stressing at is how to handle the risk of children with pre-existing co-morbidities. Their risk stratification should be done because just like adults children are also not devoid of co-morbid conditions. There are children who are having a neurological problem or under long term medication for which they are given steroids. So we have to think in a different way for them.
Child rights panel seeks info from Centre on 3rd wave
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23 May 2021, 02:03 GMT+10
By Ambuj PandeyNew Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday urged the Union Health Ministry and states to take stock of the preparations to tackle the upcoming third wave of COVID-19, which experts say is likely to impact the younger population significantly.
The child rights body has sought information on the availability of pediatric facilities and beds, availability of neonatal ambulances for newborns, and protocols for treatment of children.
The NCPCR has taken cognisance of the preparation of the Ministry of Health, ICMR, and the State governments.
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday urged the Union Health Ministry and states to take stock of the preparations to tackle the upcoming third wave of COVID-19, which experts say is likely to impact the younger population significantly.