Kids can be seriously ill with coronavirus.
This Chinese study was recently published using paediatric data from 2000+ cases. It suggests that babies under 1yo (where 10% of these cases are severe or critical) and younger children 1-5yo (7% are severe or critical) do seem to be significantly affected by coronavirus.
pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2020/03/16/peds.2020-0702.full.pdf
So, will there be sufficient paediatric provision in our hospitals if this plays out in our country with significant numbers of the population infected? Thoughts? I think I read somewhere that paediatric ventilators were potentially being repurposed for adults.... But that could just be scaremongering.