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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/14/significant-rise-infant-children-hospitalised-covid/
Significant rise in infant children being hospitalised with Covid
Sage data reveal more than four in 10 children admitted are below the age of one, but most are ‘not particularly sick’
...Latest figures also showed a tripling in paediatric admissions since late December, with the sharpest rise among the youngest children, health officials said on Friday.
Prof Calum Semple, a child health and outbreak expert from the University of Liverpool and an adviser to Sage, said: “Our study has shown that there’s been an increased proportion of children being admitted in the last four weeks associated with the onset of omicron. And this has been particularly driven by children under the age of one.”
...Prof Russell Viner, a fellow Sage adviser and professor of adolescent health at University College London (UCL), said: “There’s potentially some evidence that this variant of the virus is affecting the upper airways more than previous variants. Children have much smaller upper airways… they are more likely to get conditions such as croup, and other conditions where they really struggle to breathe.”