Children's lives 'put on hold' by coronavirus lockdown and school closures, Sage adviser says
4 years, 6 months ago

Children's lives 'put on hold' by coronavirus lockdown and school closures, Sage adviser says

The Telegraph  

Experts believe home schooling is entrenching the advantage already enjoyed by children from better off families, and risks permanently damaging the development of thousands. "You could almost argue that children and young people – we have put their lives on hold, we have put their education on hold, they have had a whole series of harms because of what we have done to benefit the middle-aged and the elderly, and we need to think about equity across generations over the coming years," he said. He added that the coronavirus mortality risk in children has been much lower compared to adults, with 11 deaths for under-18s compared to over 40,000 for adults, saying: "In one sense, that tells us everything we need to know about differential risks." Although there has been some uncertainty about the role children might play in transmission of the virus, Prof Viner said a recent review of studies around the world, which he led, suggested children are half as likely to catch coronavirus as adults. He added: "My take on it is that children – individual children – can be highly infective and can have high individual viral load but as a population, as they are less likely to get it, they don't play a major role in the transmission."

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Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say

Salon  

For years, public health experts have said that COVID-19 infections in children are “mild.” According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common symptoms of COVID in kids are a fever and cough. “This is one of the first large-scale national studies to do research related to long COVID across the entire lifespan, with a particular …

The childhood diseases making a post-lockdown comeback
2 years, 1 month ago

The childhood diseases making a post-lockdown comeback

BBC  

The childhood diseases making a post-lockdown comeback Getty Images There have been more cases of certain infectious diseases in children this year than expected RSV, Strep A, the flu: a range of familiar bugs are worrying doctors and parents with strange new patterns. Now that they are mixing again, doctors have noticed periodic surges in other diseases, including RSV, flu …

Long COVID in children is less common than in adults? Here's what a new study says
2 years, 4 months ago

Long COVID in children is less common than in adults? Here's what a new study says

Hindustan Times  

The risk of long COVID in children appears to be lower than what has been reported in adults, according to a study conducted in the US. Here's what a new study says The risk for post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, or long COVID appears to be higher in children younger than five years of age, those with medical complexity and …

Schooling in Covid Era: An Opportunity for Young Students to Become Better Global Citizens
2 years, 6 months ago

Schooling in Covid Era: An Opportunity for Young Students to Become Better Global Citizens

News 18  

As Covid-19 case counts are rising again, there are apprehensions of a fresh wave building up. It is by now clearly evident that children are less likely to suffer from severe illness, even when infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Children who are immunocompromised or have risk enhancing comorbid health conditions must be protected from exposure and provided vaccines which are …

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat
2 years, 8 months ago

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat

News 18  

Schooling has been a matter of enthusiastic, and often passionate, debate since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. The second cause of worry is the assumption that with schools being open, children would infect each other and spread it to their teachers or carry it home and infect the adults, especially the grandparents who we do know have a higher …

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand
2 years, 8 months ago

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand

News 18  

With a rise in the number of school-going children catching coronavirus in India, especially in Delhi and neighbouring areas, the demand to shut schools and cancel exams is back. The virus spread irrespective of opening of schools,” believes Naman Jain, Education Expert and Director, Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad, who is currently running the school in accordance with strict Covid-19 protocol. …

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home

India Today  

Weeks after the Omicron cases subsided across India, coronavirus is once again on the rise. Parents and teachers can keep a few things in mind to keep children safe both at school and at home as new cases pop up. How to keep children safe from Covid-19 in schools, at home? Graphic: Pradeep Singh Saini Health experts have urged schools …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Half of young people experience mainly negative effects from Covid crisis
3 years ago

Half of young people experience mainly negative effects from Covid crisis

NL Times  

Nearly half of young people think that the coronavirus crisis mainly negatively affected their lives. The researchers submitted a questionnaire to over 8,000 young people aged 12 to 25 from early February to mid-April this year. Over a quarter of young people in education missed going to class or the lecture hall. Almost half of the young people in education …

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study

India TV News  

The schools need to be reopened in a phased manner, suggested the Indian Council of Medical Research in its latest study. In the opinion piece that has synthesized scientific evidence from within India and abroad on the justification for reopening of schools, experts said knowing that COVID-19 transmission is an "over-dispersed" phenomenon, testing strategies in schools could serve as key …

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection
3 years, 3 months ago

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection

NL Times  

If a child in primary education turns out to have the coronavirus, their whole class no longer has to go home from Monday. However the council, which represents primary schools in the Netherlands, emphasized that schools must receive proper guidance from the GGD in determining who should and should not go home after an infection in the classroom. Over the …

What we know about COVID-19 in kids and the risks of returning to school
3 years, 3 months ago

What we know about COVID-19 in kids and the risks of returning to school

ABC  

As COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to climb, millions of Australian children are set to head back to school for face-to-face classes in term 4 after several months of remote learning. Asha Bowen, a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Telethon Kids Institute, said although children were more likely to get infected with Delta, they were much less likely than adults …

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break
3 years, 4 months ago

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break

NL Times  

Now that schools are open again throughout the country, they have immediately become an active place for the coronavirus to spread. One in eight coronavirus infections last week, 12.5 percent, was contracted at an education or childcare facility. In The Hague and the surrounding area, 34 primary school classes were sent home in that first week, the local branch of …

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert
3 years, 4 months ago

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Ministry of Health to relax the coronavirus measures for primary education as of September 20. This new school year, the rule still applied that an entire classroom must stay home if one child tested positive for the coronavirus. The OMT stated that the Cabinet can responsibly announce around September 20 that from now on …

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO

India TV News  

As millions of children return to school for the new academic session, vaccinating teachers and other school staff against Covid-19 disease can help make schools a safe place against the infectious disease, the World Health Organisation and Unicef said on Monday. Children aged 12 years and above who have underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk of severe …

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times

India TV News  

With children under 18 being one of the large vulnerable and unvaccinated groups, it is crucial to keep them extra protected from being exposed to the many variants of the Covid-19 virus. Severe infections and mortality have frequently been reported in young infants and children with comorbidities, largely post 3-6 weeks of asymptomatic or symptomatic infection." As many Indian states …

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?
3 years, 4 months ago

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?

LA Times  

Julie Silk works with her kindergarten students in the classroom at Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy in Altadena. Among the nation’s three most populous states, the rate for new daily pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 per 100,000 children in Florida is 1.28; in Texas, it’s 0.53; and in California, it’s 0.21. The best way to keep children safe, in schools …

Schools are Australia's new COVID battleground. How risky are they really?
3 years, 5 months ago

Schools are Australia's new COVID battleground. How risky are they really?

ABC  

Across Australia's east COVID-19's Delta variant is spreading, and the battle lines are being redrawn. "It's just the awful truth," says Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology at Deakin University's School of Health and Social Development in Melbourne. "If you were trying to design a way to improve transmission in the community, you would first say 'let's bring schools into the …

Opinion: Our children will suffer if adults can’t get school Covid precautions right
3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: Our children will suffer if adults can’t get school Covid precautions right

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD is an emergency medicine physician for 17 years and public health services researcher in Denver, Colorado, who has traveled over the US for the last year caring for patients with COVID-19. Robin Cogan, M.Ed., R.N., is a Nationally Certified School Nurse, currently in her 21st year as a New Jersey school nurse in the …

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 5 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

The debate is contentious. Children, the data reveal, represented 14.2 per cent of all Covid cases and accounted for 1.3-3.6 per cent of total reported hospitalizations in the United States. In the pre-Covid year of 2019, 47 per cent children lacked access to education and/or health, which shot up to 56 per cent during the pandemic, according to UNICEF data. …

48% parents not willing to send their kids to schools till they get Covid vaccines: Survey
3 years, 5 months ago

48% parents not willing to send their kids to schools till they get Covid vaccines: Survey

India TV News  

Nearly 48 per cent parents are not willing to send their children to schools till they are vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, says a new survey. The survey conducted with over 32,000 parents across 361 districts in the country found that 30 per cent parents are willing to send their wards to schools if coronavirus cases in their districts …

Kids can handle viral infection better; wise to consider reopening primary schools first: ICMR
3 years, 5 months ago

Kids can handle viral infection better; wise to consider reopening primary schools first: ICMR

Live Mint  

The ICMR on Tuesday said that it would be wise to consider reopening primary schools first as children can handle viral infection much better. It said, "Children can handle viral infection much better as they have lower number of ace receptors. Addressing a press conference, referring to the fourth national Covid sero-survey show, a senior official said, around 40 crore …

Coronavirus lockdowns mean home learning is back, but experts say it comes at a cost
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus lockdowns mean home learning is back, but experts say it comes at a cost

ABC  

India Kerr's first years in high school have not gone as expected. "If the cases are the lowest they can be in the community … the risk of a case becoming apparent in a school will decline," Professor Macartney said. A study from Sweden, where in 2020 lower-secondary schools stayed open but upper-secondary schools closed, found leaving schools open had …

India vs Corona 3.0 e-Conclave: 'Children Are Just As Vulnerable As Adults Of Covid 3rd Wave', Says Expert Panel
3 years, 6 months ago

India vs Corona 3.0 e-Conclave: 'Children Are Just As Vulnerable As Adults Of Covid 3rd Wave', Says Expert Panel

ABP News  

India vs Corona 3.0 e-Conclave LIVE: ABP News spoke to Dr. Sanjay Rai of AIIMS, Delhi & Dr. CM Singh of AIIMS, Patna to understand whether children are really the most vulnerable group of the third wave. However, children either showed no symptoms or very mild symptoms which is why many assume that the third wave would be very dangerous …

No evidence Covid 3rd wave will impact kids, vaccinated adults can protect children: Dr VK Paul
3 years, 7 months ago

No evidence Covid 3rd wave will impact kids, vaccinated adults can protect children: Dr VK Paul

India Today  

In a move to end anxiety among parents across the country over the speculation that an impending third wave of Covid-19 may impact kids more than the last two waves, the central government on Monday said that currently, the data doesn't suggest any such threat to children. Dr VK Paul, one of the key members of the PM's Covid management …

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows
3 years, 7 months ago

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows

LA Times  

Students wear masks and sit at socially distanced desks at a school in Ramona, Calif. Over the course of 2,000 runs of their model elementary school with a relaxed approach to masking, social distancing and isolation, a single infected child was likely to spread the coronavirus to an average of 1.7 other children over 30 days, researchers found. With students …

Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has risen one place to fifth in the annual KidsRights index, drawn up by global NGO Kids Rights Foundation which monitors how children’s rights are being respected and improved. The coronavirus pandemic has had a ‘devastating impact’ on children worldwide, the Netherlands-based foundation says. ‘With the ongoing global pandemic, we had to address the devastating impacts and outcomes …

Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?
3 years, 7 months ago

Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?

Live Mint  

The pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a "generational catastrophe" if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey. Marc Dulleart, founder and chairman of KidsRights, says that the effects of the pandemic on children had "unfortunately exceeded our predictions at the outset last year". "Apart from patients of the coronavirus, …

Virus Not as Harmful for Kids as Post-Covid Effects, Docs Warn 'Condition Can Get Critical in 24-48 Hrs'
3 years, 7 months ago

Virus Not as Harmful for Kids as Post-Covid Effects, Docs Warn 'Condition Can Get Critical in 24-48 Hrs'

News 18  

As fears grow over a possible third wave of coronavirus hitting children harder than adults, the authorities have started preparing to deal with the crisis and make necessary arrangements. The scenario can be compared to that of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, among COVID-19 patients and those who recovered from it, said Dr Ravishankar, president of Infectious Diseases, Indian Association of …

Long-haul Covid kids: Coronavirus proving more serious risk to children
3 years, 7 months ago

Long-haul Covid kids: Coronavirus proving more serious risk to children

Live Mint  

One of the few statistical comforts of the otherwise nightmarish Covid-19 pandemic — that it largely spares young people — is fading: The long-haul symptoms that have stricken many US adults are now hitting those under 20. “I get a lot of, ‘Well, I’m young and healthy, so I don’t need to get vaccinated,” said Rena Daiza, a family medicine …

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind
3 years, 7 months ago

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind

The Hindu  

Pathologically, the Coronavirus has been easy on children. “Having learnt from these stories, I have grown up with the positive belief that the universe would take care of you.” “One can see Facebook flooded with posters, personal posts from God knows who about so-and-so child having been orphaned and left with no support from the extended family,” says Champa. These …

Majority of parents in favor of Covid-19 vaccine for their child
3 years, 7 months ago

Majority of parents in favor of Covid-19 vaccine for their child

NL Times  

More than half of parents in the Netherlands would like to have their child receive a vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as it is possible. This was shown in a study by Hart van Nederland amongst three thousand people where 59 percent said they would support a coronavirus vaccination for their offspring. According to the study, 34 percent of respondents …

Parents increasingly unwilling to have their child tested for coronavirus
3 years, 8 months ago

Parents increasingly unwilling to have their child tested for coronavirus

NL Times  

The willingness of Dutch parents to have their child tested for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection is very limited, NOS reported based on research conducted by organization Ouders en Onderwijs, which translates to "Parents and Education". Some 25% of surveyed parents said they would opt for their children to go into a 10-day quarantine instead of getting tested for the virus …

Dr. Rochelle Walensky: CDC director says ‘we have work to do’ when it comes to reopening schools safely
3 years, 10 months ago

Dr. Rochelle Walensky: CDC director says ‘we have work to do’ when it comes to reopening schools safely

CNN  

CNN — The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday emphasized the need for masking and other mitigation measures in order to reopen schools safely, saying “we have work to do” as teachers, students and parents continue to struggle with Covid-19’s impact on education. As that transmission comes down we’ll be able to relax some …

Younger adults are biggest spreaders of Covid-19, study suggests
3 years, 11 months ago

Younger adults are biggest spreaders of Covid-19, study suggests

CNN  

CNN — A new study suggests that the biggest spreaders of coronavirus in the US are adults aged 20 to 49, but that doesn’t mean they should be pushed to the head of the vaccine line, experts say. “Unlike pandemic flu, these adults accounted after school reopening in October, 2020 for an estimated 72.2% of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the US …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines

NPR  

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines Enlarge this image Suharu Ogawa for NPR Suharu Ogawa for NPR Don Brown has been driving a school bus for more than 20 years in the Chicago area. Sponsor Message And to make opening schools safer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classed school staff as "frontline essential workers" — …

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?
4 years ago

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?

The Independent  

Ministers have bowed to pressure from scientists and teaching unions to delay the return to the classroom for secondary school children in England. The latest round of the monthly survey, published on 15 December, found that between 13 November and 3 December the national prevalence of the virus was around 0.94 per cent across the population. View more A modelling …

Why are children less likely than adults to spread COVID-19?
4 years ago

Why are children less likely than adults to spread COVID-19?

ABC  

Small children often seem to be petri dishes of disease, rocking a perpetually runny nose and in the grip of a seemingly endless string of colds that they pass on to their classmates and family. On Wednesday, when announcing changes to visitor numbers in Greater Sydney, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said "children under 12 have been proven not to be …

Mutant coronavirus strain could more easily infect children, scientists fear
4 years ago

Mutant coronavirus strain could more easily infect children, scientists fear

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The new …

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well
4 years ago

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections are mainly taking place at home, with outside sources including visiting friends and relatives, work places, schools or childcare facilities. Of all the people who were tested positive this week, half did not know at all where they could have become infected while the other half had some idea, Nu.nl reports quoting figures from health institute RIVM. Ruling …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

Coronavirus Pandemic Revelation: It's Time to Invest in Education for Our Girl Children
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus Pandemic Revelation: It's Time to Invest in Education for Our Girl Children

News 18  

During a year when the world has been ravaged by a severe health pandemic, it has become even more important to think of our protecting and investing in our future – our children. “Investing in our future means investing in our children,” is an apt theme for a country like India where many students, especially girls need to be invested …

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open
4 years, 1 month ago

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open

NPR  

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open Enlarge this image toggle caption Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Updated on Jan. 30 at 7:47 p.m. Sponsor Message Barve says everyone is doing their part: "It's a little bit of choppy water, but if people are swimming in their own lanes, there's less …

Covid-19 Data from Andhra, Tamil Nadu Flags Risks of Transmission Between Children of Same Age Group
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 Data from Andhra, Tamil Nadu Flags Risks of Transmission Between Children of Same Age Group

News 18  

An epidemiological study of Coronavirus cases reported in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu till August 1 has shown that there was an enhanced risk of transmission among children of the same age group. The study-‘Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of Covid-19 in two Indian states’, was conducted by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, New Delhi, Princeton University, New …

Children comprise 10% of COVID-19 cases in US, up from 2% in April; authorities worry trend fuelled by school reopenings
4 years, 3 months ago

Children comprise 10% of COVID-19 cases in US, up from 2% in April; authorities worry trend fuelled by school reopenings

Firstpost  

As of Monday, CDC counted over 4,35,000 cases in children and 93 deaths, with less than two percent of the infected requiring hospitalisation After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears fueled by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities. …

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?
4 years, 3 months ago

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

Associated Press  

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children? It appears the virus can spread among children and teens, but how easily may vary by age. Some of the latest evidence comes from a recent report that showed infected children in Utah day care centers and day camps spread the virus to family members, including siblings. A large study from South Korea …

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