Amid the growing fears surrounding the new coronavirus, an element of good news: Kids, for the most part, aren’t getting sick from it. And those who do typically experience milder symptoms.
Those 18 and under have made up just 2.4 percent of cases of COVID-19 worldwide, according to a report released in late February by the World Health Organization (WHO) and a group of international experts on the virus. Of the children who did become sick, a tiny fraction — 0.2 percent — became critically ill.
Scientists don’t know why this is, though they have theories.
Those 18 and under have made up just 2.4 percent of cases of COVID-19 worldwide, according to a report released in late February by the World Health Organization (WHO) and a group of international experts on the virus. Of the children who did become sick, a tiny fraction — 0.2 percent — became critically ill.
Scientists don’t know why this is, though they have theories.
