Are children and adolescents more susceptible to the new strains of SARS-CoV-2 than the earlier ones?

Authors : MD. Abu Bashar, Imran Ahmed Khan

DOI : 10.18231/j.jpmhh.2021.003

Volume : 7

Issue : 1

Year : 2021

Page No : 10-11

The clinical impact of the new SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1·1.7 on children and young people (aged 18 years or younger) regarding acute respiratory COVID-19 is yet to be fully defined. Media reports of increases in admissions to hospital and more serious illness in children and young people have resulted in public confusion and implicated the B.1.1.7 variant as a more pathogenic infection within this group.


Keywords: Children, Adolescents, SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.7, strains


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