Delhi witnesses spike in Covid-19 cases: What health experts said on Delhi school closures
Covid-19-appropriate behaviour, noting that it is something which the elders and the younger cohort are not adhering to. Due to this, school managements are bringing measures such as sending recorded lectures to students who are ill, allowing online classes for those in isolation and putting study tours on hold, news agency PTI report said. Health experts on Covid-appropriate behaviour: Anil Sachdev, director of the Paediatrics Intensive Care at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi said children are at an increased risk due to the coronavirus and seasonal illnesses.
He explains that, “however, we have seen that children have had mild Covid symptoms. Only two children in the last one month were serious but they had comorbidities.
One child had Down syndrome and the other had some comorbidities but those children have recovered. Schools should not be closed but there is a need to reinforce Covid-appropriate behaviour, something which the elders and the younger cohort is not adhering to." Krishan Chugh, director and HOD of Paediatrics, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, said once a child goes to school while infected but not diagnosed and isolated, they can become a source of infection for classmates and friends. "Though not common in children, they are not immune to this dreaded disease.
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