Published 18:41 IST, September 12th 2020
US CDC report claims children with no symptoms can spread coronavirus
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report revealed that children with mild or no coronavirus symptoms can spread the virus to next person.
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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report revealed that children with mild or symptoms of COVID-19 can spre virus to next person. According to report, twelve children, including one eight-month-old who were infected in a child care facility transmitted virus to at least 12 people outside facilities. data revealed that children can carry virus from child care settings to ir homes.
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16% increase in cases
According to report, almost half a million children in US got infected with coronavirus and re was a 16% increase between August 20 and September 3. report claimed that fewer children experienced severe illness from virus than ults. researchers found that contact tracing data from 184 people having links to three child care facilities in Salt Lake County from this April to July and concluded that children can spre virus raising a matter of concern.
y also found two children who were asymptomatic passed virus to ors. contact tracing data collected during April 1–July 10, 2020 through Utah’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EpiTrax) were used to retrospectively construct transmission chains from reported COVID-19 child care facility outbreaks, defined as two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases within 14 days among staff members or attendees at same facility.
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EpiTrax maintains records of epidemiologic link between index patients and contacts. It also captures data on demographic characteristics, symptoms, exposures, testing, and monitoring/isolation period.
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Analysis of contact tracing data in Salt Lake County, Utah, identified outbreaks of COVID-19 in three small to large child care facilities linked to index cases in ults and associated with transmission from children to household and nhousehold contacts. In se three outbreaks, 54% of cases linked to facilities occurred in children. Transmission likely occurred from children with confirmed COVID-19 in a child care facility to 25% of ir nfacility contacts.
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18:41 IST, September 12th 2020