Dödligt virus från Kina orsakar panik (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19)

Barn och unga drabbas i lägre utsträckning av covid-19

Få barn och unga drabbas allvarligt av covid-19. Barn och unga får ofta mildare symtom än vuxna och har mycket liten risk att behöva vårdas på sjukhus till följd av covid-19. Då de får mildare symtom smittar de sannolikt i lägre utsträckning än vuxna. Skolverksamheter har inte visat sig vara drivande i smittspridningen. Personal som arbetar inom skolverksamheter har inte diagnosticerats med covid-19 i högre utsträckning än andra yrkesgrupper. Det gäller barnskötare, förskollärare, grundskollärare, fritidspedagoger, gymnasielärare, övriga pedagoger med teoretisk specialistkompetens och elevassistenter. I de flesta fall där barn smittats av covid-19 har de smittats av en vuxen utanför skolan, oftast i hemmet.

https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/utbrott/aktuella-utbrott/covid-19/verksamheter/information-till-skola-och-forskola-om-den-nya-sjukdomen-covid-19/

What the Swedish Public Health Agency (FHM) claims [English] :

"Children and young people are less affected by covid-19.

Few children and young people are severely affected by covid-19. Children and young people often have milder symptoms than adults and have very little risk of having to be cared for in hospital as a result of covid-19. As they get milder symptoms, they are more likely to be infected than adults. School activities have not been shown to be a driving force in the spread of infection. Staff working in school activities have not been diagnosed with covid-19 and to a greater extent than other occupational groups. This applies to childminders, preschool teachers, primary school teachers, leisure educators, upper secondary school teachers, other educators with theoretical specialist competence and student assistants. In most cases where children have been infected with covid-19, they have been infected by an adult outside of school, usually at home."