COVID 2nd Wave Affects Newborns and Youth

The second wave of COVID-19 is affecting the newborns and the youth, said doctors. While Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is considering the second wave as "dangerous", doctors call it "very dangerous".

Speaking to IANS, Dr. Ritu Saxena, Head of Emergency Department at the LNJP Hospital said: "This time, Covid is also seen in children... few days old children are also getting infected."

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‘In the second wave, it's also being seen that if one person is COVID positive in the house then the whole family is also found infected.’

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"Since this new wave has started, 7 to 8 children have been admitted so far. The youngest among them is a newborn baby who was infected in the hospital itself.

"In addition, about 30 per cent of young people between 15 and 30 years of age have also been infected."

Dr. Saxena further said: "All those young people who have got affected had fever also."

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