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I read an article yesterday that said there is no reported case of a child passing coronavirus to an adult.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...idence-review/
"No child has been found to have passed coronavirus to an adult, a review of evidence in partnership with the Royal College of Paediatricians has found.
Major studies into the impact of Covid-19 on young children show it is likely that they "do not play a significant role" in spreading the virus and are significantly less likely to become infected than adults.
While experts have said more evidence is needed, they note that there has not been a single case of a child under 10 transmitting the virus even in contact tracing carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in January and February."
The case it mentions here is fascinating.
"Among the evidence is a study of a nine-year-old British boy who contracted coronavirus in a French Alps but did not pass it on despite having contact with more than 170 people at three schools.
The boy, among the cases linked to Steve Walsh, the first Briton to test positive, also had influenza and a common cold which he passed to both of his siblings – but neither picked up Covid-19."
My sister has Chron's disease and is therefore in one on the vulnerable groups of people required to shield themselves. She is terrified of the schools reopening and her 10 year old son picking up the virus and passing it on to her. If the above is true, then it would appear she would have less need to worry. There would be little or no risk if primary schools at least reopened. Still, as the article makes clear, more evidence is required.
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