Source : Wolters Kluwer Health
Auteurs :Daniele Donà and al.
“Un court article qui, malgré le peu d’études/de cas qu’il cite, donne des éléments intéressants sur les conséquences de la détection de particules virales dans les prélèvements rectaux chez les enfants (transmission oro-fécale ?). ” présenté par le Dr Marie MOITRY
ABSTRACT
Starting from 2 pediatric cases of COVID-19, with confirmation at nasopharyngeal and rectal swabs, we considered the lesson learnt from previous Coronavirus epidemics and reviewed evidence on the current outbreak. Surveillance with rectal swabs might be extended to infants and children, for the implications for household contacts and isolation timing.
Keywords: COVID-19, children, gastrointestinal, rectal swab
Source : Lancet Public Health
Auteur : Wim Van Lancker et al.
While coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, many countries have decided to close schools as part of a physical distancing policy to slow transmission and ease the burden on health systems. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates that 138 countries have closed schools nationwide, and several other countries have implemented regional or local closures. These school closures are affecting the education of 80% of children worldwide. Although scientific debate is ongoing with regard to the effectiveness of school closures on virus transmission,1 the fact that schools are closed for a long period of time could have detrimental social and health consequences for children living in poverty, and are likely to exacerbate existing inequalities. We discuss two mechanisms through which school closures will affect poor children in the USA and Europe.
Source : Lancet Child Adolesc Health
Auteur : Marzia Lazzerini et al.
During Italy’s national lockdown for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), official hospital statistics in the period March 1–27, 2020, show substantial decreases—ranging from 73% to 88%— in paediatric emergency department visits compared with the same time period in 2019 and 2018 (figure). Similarly, family paediatricians widely report a considerable reduction in clinic visits, although this is difficult to measure precisely.
