Children under 5 can carry as much of the coronavirus in their noses as adults, researchers at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago report. Compared to adults, the kids had anywhere from 10-100x the amount of viral RNA in their upper respiratory tract.
Overall, though, children have largely been spared the most severe consequences of COVID-19.
Lurie Children's required all hospitalized patients to undergo a COVID-19 test, and some cases were discovered, even if children had minimal to no symptoms. It remains unclear how prevalent COVID-19 is among children, in part because testing is limited, especially for those without symptoms. And schools have largely been closed since spring, making it difficult to ascertain how widely kids can spread this virus.
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