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Comment
. 2020 Jun;80(6):671-693.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.024. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Corona Virus Disease 2019, a growing threat to children?

Pu Yang  1 , Pin Liu  1 , Dan Li  2 , Dongchi Zhao  3
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Corona Virus Disease 2019, a growing threat to children?

Pu Yang et al. J Infect. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

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    COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China and spread rapidly to nationwide and 25 other countries.

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    Most of children COVID-19 are familial clusters with mild clinical symptoms.

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    Early isolation should be performed to protect underlying diseases children.

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    It is necessary to isolate the newborns immediately after delivery.

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Newborn with COVID-19. A newborn whose mother was infected with COVID-19 showed low fever but no dyspnea after birth. The throat swab viral nucleic acid was positive 24 h later, and the lung CT showed viral pneumonia.
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