New guidelines framed for tackling COVID in children
The Hindu
Children with fever lasting over five days, fast breathing or worsening symptoms should be referred to a district hospital or above
The Health Department has framed new guidelines for the management of COVID-19 in children, in anticipation that a third wave of COVID could manifest in a surge in paediatric cases. Paediatricians point out that in the first and the second wave, COVID had manifested only as a mild and often asymptomatic disease in children. But among those who got hospitalised with COVID, one in three required ICU care.More Related News