COVID-19 in children in Espirito Santo State – Brazil

Abstract

Objectives: to characterize school-aged children, adolescents, and young people’s profile and their associations with positive COVID-19 test results. Methods: an observational and descriptive study of secondary data from the COVID-19 Panel in Espírito Santo State in February to August 2020. People suspected of COVID-19, in the 0–19-years old age group, were included in order to assess clinical data and demographic and epidemiological factors associated with the disease. Results: in the study period, 27,351 COVID-19 notification were registered in children, adolescents, and young people. The highest COVID-19 test confirmation was found in Caucasians and were 5-14 years age group. It was also observed that headache was the symptom with the highest test confirmation. Infection in people with disabilities was more frequent in the confirmed cases. The confirmation of cases occurred in approximately 80% of the notified registrations and 0.3% of the confirmed cases, died. Conclusion: children with confirmed diagnosis for COVID-19 have lower mortality rates, even though many were asymptomatic. To control the chain of transmission and reduce morbidity and mortality rates, it was necessaryto conduct more comprehensive research and promote extensive testing in the population.

Impactos da pandemia do COVID-19 nas práticas alimentares infantis no Brasil: uma revisão narrativa

“…Os impactos impostos pelas condições sanitárias da pandemia, tornou o cenário alimentar mais vulnerável, em especial para crianças (Silva et al, 2021). Ainda que, a população infanto-juvenil seja reconhecida como o grupo que foi menos afetado diretamente pela doença e suas formas graves, este grupo sofreu grandes repercussões das medidas de contenção da pandemia, como o isolamento social, onde seus hábitos foram afetados de diversas formas, incluindo a pausa abrupta da vida escolar presencial, problemas de saúde nas famílias, morte de pessoas próximas e inúmeros outros resultantes sociais e psicológicos (Maciel et al, 2022;Pantoja et al, 2022;Souza et al, 2022).…”