Abstract
Coronaviruses are group of viruses that can cause mild to severe respiratory illness. In 2019, a new corona virus originated and
identified in china and the disease produced by this virus is named Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The World Health
Organization (WHO) declared this outbreak as pandemic. It is major health problem affecting all countries leading to health crises
and socio-economic problems worldwide. Clinical features are similar to other respiratory infections. Till to date, worldwide nearly
27 million cases and in Pakistan three million cases are reported. The Pediatric cases reported are nearly 7 percent1
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Statistics and literature have reported that the children are less affected by coronavirus infection than adult. There are many
possible reasons. One possible reason is that children have not developed aggressive immune response (Cytokine response) against
virus leading to less severe inflammation. Other possible reasons are that children have less outdoor activity and international
travel, healthy respiratory tract, generally not having underlying chronic illness. Literature also shows that along with low incidence,
the children also have less sever disease, however they may be asymptomatic and can spread infection2
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Possible route of acquiring coronavirus infection in paediatric patient are same as adult. Children get infection from two ways. Virus
enters in respiratory tract after inhalation of infected air due to coughing and sneezing by infected person. Another possible route of
entry is mouth touching after having hand contact with infected objects or surfaces. How much time virus live alive on different
objects is variable from minutes up to nine hours3
Zeeshan Ghani. (2020) COVID 19 Infection in Paediatrics, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 12, Issue 4.
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