Scientists say children could have lower COVID-19 susceptibility and infectivity compared to adults.
LONDON - Children have milder COVID-19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults, scientists advising the British government have said.
Cautioning that there is a significant lack of high-quality evidence on children, the scientists concluded in a paper submitted to the British government that:"There was some evidence that children had milder symptoms than adults but that evidence on susceptibility and transmission was as yet unclear."
In a third, April 29, document, Professor Russell Viner of University College London and Dr Rosalind Eggo of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said UK clinical data confirmed that children have notably less symptomatic disease and of lower severity than adults. "Serological studies are starting to be available on child infection history with some suggesting low rates of infection," they said."These must be interpreted with caution."
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