Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of infant children in the Moscow region

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had an impact on the healthcare system and people’s health. The consequences of this influence require study and analysis to further predict population health and healthcare development. Different age groups have significant differences in. features of the disease, epidemiology and consequences. Newborns and infants make up only a small part of the pediatric population affected by COVID-19. Data on the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19 in infants are limited. Assessing the impact of the pandemic on this age group through the analysis of morbidity, mortality, hospitalizations, and dispensary observation is of interest to public health. The pandemic has had an impact on public health and public health. The consequences of this influence require comprehensive analysis. The analysis of the main indicators showed that the peak of the pandemic infant children in the Moscow Region occurred in 2021, when the highest incidence and referrals for COVID-19 were registered. The highest level of hospitalization was in 2022. In the period 2020-2021 there was a decrease in morbidity and hospitalizations, which differs from trends in older children and adults. The pandemic had no impact on the coverage of medical examinations of infants, as well as on the mortality rate and the structure of the main causes of death.