Mga batang may kasalukuyang karamdaman, “mas bulnerable” sa malalang coronavirus diseases (COVID-19), ayon sa isang infectious disease expert, nitong Martes, Agosto 10.
Sa panayam ng CNN Philippines sa pangulo ng Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) na si Dr. Mary Ann Bunyi, binanggit ng eksperto na mas bulnerable ang mga sanggol sa malalang epekto ng COVID-19.
“According to international data, infants have slightly higher risk of developing severe COVID, even children with underlying medical illnesses, they can also have more severe COVID-19 compared to the general pediatric population,” sabi ni Bunyi.
“When you have an underlying medical illness, your immune system cannot fight off viruses properly. In infants, their immune system is still immature to fight off the virus, that’s why they are the ones most affected by severe COVID-19,” dagdag ni Bunyi.
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Samantala, binigyang-diin ni Bunyi na nananatiling madalang ang kaso ng severe COVID-19 sa pangkalahatang pediatric population.
“COVID-19 still affects the adult population more because children are not the primary target of COVID-19, because if we will notice in the general pediatric population, either their symptoms are mild or they exhibit no symptoms at all,” dagdag niya.
Nitong Martes, hinikayat ng Pediatric Society of the Philippines at ng PIDSPna magpabakuna ang mga mga miyembro ng pamilyang may kasamang sanggol o bata sa bahay, para protektahan ang mga ito laban sa COVID-19.
Gabriela Baron
