With many children who show Covid symptoms after schools are reopened, parents now insist on distance learning modes at least until they are vaccinated. In accordance with the latest updates, more than 30% of the 107 new Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh Gautam Buddh Nagar have been reported among children. Also, some children in Delhi have also contracted a virus. However, experts have suggested that there is no need to panic but it is very important to remain vigilant. Now with Xe Covid variants circulating, check the symptoms and care for children.
Symptoms of XE variant in children
Xe mutant variant is known to be more transmitting from previous strains, even Omicron BA.1 and BA.2, especially among those who are vaccinated. Now, as a large part of children still not vaccinated, they tend to catch a virus.Symptoms in children are generally mild and include the symptoms of upper respiratory tract such as fever, avoiding the nose, sore throat, body pain, and dry cough, “said Dr. Avi Kumar, senior consultant, pulmonology, Escort Fortis, Okhla, New Delhi, said Hindustan Times.
Precautions
Experts have shown that it is very important for parents to ensure that their children maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat and sleep well, follow the practice of cleanliness and children who qualify for vaccination must be as soon as possible.
“Parents and teachers must focus on providing good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle that will strengthen immunity in children together by maintaining basic cleanliness treatments that include sanitation and hand laundering practices at home and in the school building,” said Dr. Gurleen Sikka , Department of Neonatology & Pediatrics, Birla CK Hospital, Delhi told HT.
“Because this is an Omicron mutation itself, there is every possibility that the new variant will be influenced by the vaccine. Children who qualify for vaccines must get their Jab because they will protect them against severe infection forms,” he added pediatricians.
No reason to panic
Director of AIIMs Randeep Guleria told PTI, “no need to panic because the data from the past wave has clearly indicated that children, even if they signed Covid-19, having a mild disease and recovered spontaneously only with symptomatic treatment.”
Therefore, children who meet the requirements must take a vaccine. But even those who have not been vaccinated should not panic because they might get a very low infection, he said.