Young children are 40% of those admitted to hospital for covid and are more numerous than the elderly in hospitalizations

Between August and September, 678 patients up to 5 years of age were hospitalized;

Since the onset of the pandemic, the elderly have appeared more frequently among severe Covid-19 patients. With vaccines, the scenario has changed. The number of infants and children up to five years old admitted to hospital between 14 August and 10 September was 678, almost double the number admitted to hospital over 60 (387), according to a survey by Observa Infância, of Fiocruz.

The situation is different compared to the first half of this year, with 90,206 hospitalizations of people over 60 and 7,809 of less than five years. Although children are not among the groups most at risk for the novel coronavirus, experts point out that there is the possibility of sequelae and death in pediatric cases.

Among the younger ones, Coronavac has already been approved for 3 and 4-year-olds, but application rates have been low, below 3%. For the interval between six months and 3 years, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved the Pfizer immunizer in September, but there are still no predictions by the federal government for the purchase and distribution of the product. for this audience.

Between January and June, out of 50 people hospitalized for complications caused by covid, three were children under the age of five. After July, this age group accounted for two out of five hospitalizations. The study was based on the epidemiological bulletins of the Ministry of Health.

In January, hospitalizations of children and adolescents in ICU beds due to coronavirus in the state increased by 61% in the past two months, reaching 60% of pediatric bed occupancy. It was only in that month that immunization for the age group five to 11 began. as the Estadio shown, scarce stocks, misinformation (which motivates parental distrust of vaccine efficacy and safety) and lack of government commitment Jair Bolsonaro hindered the progress of childhood immunization at various times of the year.

In June, when children under the age of five still did not have an approved vaccine for their age group, the Observa Infância published research indicating that, as of March 2020, an average of two children in this age group age had died one day from the disease. in the country.

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Source: Terra

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