Young children carry higher levels of coronavirus: study
Authors of new study say young children might be important drivers of Covid-19 transmission within communities -- a suggestion at odds with the current prevailing narrative. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The new findings are at odds with the current view among health authorities that young children -- who, it has been well established, are far less likely to fall seriously ill from the virus -- don't spread it much to others either.
However, there has been fairly little research on the topic so far.
Children under the age of five have between 10 to 100 times greater levels of genetic material of the coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and adults, a study in JAMA Pediatrics said Thursday.
Its authors wrote this meant that young children might be important drivers of Covid-19 transmission within communities -- a suggestion at odds with the current prevailing narrative.
