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Three pediatricians explain what's known about coronavirus and children

Based on current research, it would seem that kids 17 years old and younger face little risk from the coronavirus

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Nearly all children have asymptomatic, very mild or mild disease, but a small percentage of children do get very sick

Kathryn Moffett-Bradford, Martin Weisse and Shipra Gupta | The Conversation

6 min read Last Updated : Jul 29 2020 | 12:51 PM IST

We are three pediatric infectious disease specialists who live and work in West Virginia. The West Virginia University health system serves 400,000 children and according to our internal data, to date, 2,520 children up to 17 years of age have been tested for the coronavirus. Sixty-seven of them tested positive and one became sick enough to be admitted to the hospital.

We are asked almost daily about children and Covid-19: Do they get Covid-19? Should they attend day care or school, play sports, see friends and attend summer camps?

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