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Covid-19: are children more at risk for the Delta variant?

2021-08-05T17:38:56.793Z


DECRYPTION - This question worries the youngest, faced with an authorized vaccination only from 12 years old.


"I am more worried about the children than I have ever been."

Monday August 2, during a press conference organized by the governor of Louisiana (United States), Dr. Mark Kline, pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at the children's hospital in New Orleans, wanted to be very alarmist:

"Worst nightmare of all infectious disease specialists",

he explained, the Delta variant should convince us to break the

"myth"

of a Covid-19 which would not affect children, at least not those in perfect health.

To discover

  • Covid-19: what we know about the Delta variant

Shortly before, Governor John Bel Edwards announced the return of the mask to enclosed public places, including schools.

An obligation from 5 years, he said, while recalling that the American health authorities also recommended it

"strongly"

from 2 years.

Read also:

Covid-19: does the Delta variant develop more serious forms in young people?

Will children be the next victims of the Covid-19 epidemic?

A worrying question, especially since the youngest can not be protected by vaccination, authorized

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Source: lefigaro

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