COVID among Children: With XE variant circulating, should you send kids to school? AIIMS chief answers
With some children getting Covid infection soon after schools reopened, health experts pointed out there is no need to panic as children usually show mild symptoms but stressed that the children who are eligible to get vaccinated against Covid must get the jab.
They further urged all to maintain COVID-appropriate behaviour. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria told PTI, "There is no need to panic as data from past waves have clearly shown that children, even if they contract COVID-19, have mild illness and recover spontaneously with just symptomatic treatment." Therefore, eligible children should take the vaccine.
But then even those who have not been vaccinated should not panic as chances of them getting a severe infection is very low, he said.
Of the students in the national capital who have contracted COVID in the past few days, 14 have been admitted to hospital. Meanwhile, 14 children were found to be coronavirus positive on Saturday.
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