COVID-19 in children: time for a new strategy

Mary-Louise McLaws^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
² WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Ad-hoc COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance Development Group.

Editorial

Mary-Louise McLaws. Med J Aust. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 6;215(5):212-213.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51206. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

Mary-Louise McLaws^{1

2}

¹ University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
² WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Ad-hoc COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance Development Group.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19.

Comment on

The characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study.
Ibrahim LF, Tham D, Chong V, Corden M, Craig S, Buntine P, Jani S, Zhang M, George S, Kochar A, O'Brien S, Robins-Browne K, Tosif S, Daley A, McNab S, Crawford NW, Wilson C, Babl FE. Ibrahim LF, et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Sep 6;215(5):217-221. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51207. Epub 2021 Aug 13. Med J Aust. 2021. PMID: 34389995 Free PMC article.

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