No evidence to say third Covid wave will impact kids more: Randeep Guleria

While the pandemic had not impacted the younger age group, Guleria said there had been a lot of collateral damage

There is no indication that the third wave would impact kids more, said Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Monday, stressing that the data of both the waves has shown little impact of the virus on children and those who were affected did not have severe infection.
 
“Those who have supported this theory say that because children have been protected so far, they could have more infections proportionally in the next wave. There is no evidence yet to support this argument,” Guleria said.
 
He also said that the virus enters the human