Emerging epidemiologic reports on COVID-19 in children in China show that, while they are less likely than adults to be infected and have severe illness, they are still vulnerable to the pandemic coronavirus.Today, a large study published in today's Pediatrics showed that children of all ages in Wuhan and surrounding areas were susceptible to the COVID-19 virus, and one—a 14-year-old boy—died from it.Also, a letter on the severity of COVID-19 published in today's Nature found that, at least in Wuhan, children were less likely to be infected by the virus but were more likely to die from it than those 30 to 59 years old.
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