The strain of Coronavirus Omicron may be more dangerous for children due to the features of the respiratory tract, the doctor of the Medical Institute in New Delhi Animesh Arya believes. His words transmits IANS.
“The respiratory tract of children is less than in adults, and this new version is mainly striking the upper respiratory tract among infected patients,” he explained.
According to the doctor, the symptoms of infection include pain in the throat, light fever and fatigue.
Earlier, Chinese virologist Zhang Wenhong called not to compare the Omicron-strain of coronavirus with a severe cold course. According to the scientist, the new type of COVID-19 remains deadly. The restrictive barriers between countries can be removed only in the case when people have a collective immunity, a Chinese virologist said. To do this, citizens need to undergo the vaccination procedure, emphasized the specialist.