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Covid-19: Risks of severe illness in children shown to be very low – University College London

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 21 July 2021

The risk of severe illness and death from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is extremely low in children and teenagers, according to the most comprehensive analyses of public health data, co-led by researchers at UCL.

However, Covid-19 increases the likelihood of serious illness in the most vulnerable young people, those with pre-existing medical conditions and severe disabilities, although these risks remain low overall.

The preliminary findings, published in three new pre-print studies led by UCL, the University of Bristol, University of York and the University of Liverpool, will be submitted to the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)and the World Health Organisation (WHO), to inform vaccine and shielding policy for the under-18s. The studies did not look at the impact of long Covid.

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http://archive.today/2021.08.24-110051/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jul/covid-19-risks-severe-illness-children-shown-be-very-low

Tags Children, COVID-19, Department of Health and Social Care, Dr. Joseph Ward, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, National Child Mortality Database, Professor Lorna Fraser, Professor Russell Viner, ResearchSquare, Risk, SARS-CoV-2, University College London, University of Bristol, University of Liverpool, University of York

Deaths in Children and Young People in England following SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first pandemic year: a national study using linked mandatory child death reporting data – Research Square

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 7 July 2021

25 CYP died of SARS-CoV-2 during the first pandemic year in England, equivalent to an infection fatality rate of 5 per 100,000 and a mortality rate of 2 per million. Most had an underlying comorbidity, particularly neurodisability and life-limiting conditions. The CYP who died were mainly >10 years and of Asian and Black ethnicity, compared to other causes of the death, but their absolute risk of death was still extremely low.

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-689684/v1

Tags Cause of Death, Children, Comorbidity, COVID-19, England, IFR, Imperial College, National Child Mortality Database, Public Health England, Research Square, Risk, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Statistics, UK, University College London, University of Liverpool, University of York