Third wave of Covid-19 may not hit children as feared: VK Paul, member, health, Niti Aayog

Paul expressed concern over crowding in public locations and the frenzy in malls after restrictions have been relaxed.

V Ok Paul, member, well being, Niti Aayog, on Friday allayed fears about kids being affected throughout a possible third wave of Covid-19.

Sero research have confirmed that kids have been as contaminated as adults in the course of the second wave and manufacturing of antibodies was comparable in all age teams, indicating that kids had contracted the virus however had gentle infections, Paul mentioned. The an infection has been passing by means of households, however kids didn’t get severely contaminated, he mentioned.

Whereas the notion of menace to kids could have decreased, the federal government is not going to let its guard down, Paul mentioned. The federal government will proceed to organize for a surge in paediatric Covid-19 instances because the virus is mutating and it’s laborious to foretell if infections in kids will stay gentle or flip extreme, Paul mentioned.

Colleges is not going to be reopened in a rush. Reopening them would rely upon many elements reminiscent of vaccination of lecturers and help workers, social distancing in colleges, and vaccination of kids.

Paul expressed concern over crowding in public locations and the frenzy in malls after restrictions have been relaxed. He known as for restraint and self-discipline to keep away from a surge in instances. Covid-19 case positivity needs to be stored beneath 5% and if it crosses this degree, there shall be fast motion to restrict the outbreak, he mentioned.

The nation reported 62,480 new instances on Friday with 1,587 deaths. The variety of districts reporting greater than 100 instances got here down from 531 districts in first week of Could to 147 districts on June 16. Complete lively instances on June 17 have been at 7,98,656 from the height of 37,45,237 on Could 10. Case positivity fee got here down from 21.6% within the first week of Could to 4% within the June 11 to 17 week. Restoration fee has reached 96%.