The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Severe Pneumonia Due to SARS-CoV-2 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: A Case Report

“…3,4 Nevertheless, details of children, younger than age 1 year, who suffered from severe pneumonia induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has rarely been reported. 5 Thus, a patient with COVID-19 and also infected RSV, an extremely rare case, has been report in this study.…”

Is Pakistan on track to have COVID-19 transmission and mortality rates similar to those of Italy, Iran or the USA?

“…On 11 March 2020, the WHO categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic [8]. On 27 February 2020, Pakistan reported its first two patients with COVID-19, both of whom had recently returned to Pakistan from Iran [9]. As of 7 March 2020, the global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 (21,110 outside of China, including 4747 in Iran and seven in Pakistan), with 3073 fatalities (413 outside of China, including 121 in Iran) [10].…”

“…In Pakistan, all reported cases were because of direct travel from Iran. By 23 March 2020, the number of WHOconfirmed cases more than tripled to 334,981, and the number of deaths increased almost fivefold to 14,652 across 190 countries [9] (Fig. 1).…”

“…A comparison of WHO-reported data from Pakistan, the USA, Italy, and Iran (Fig. 1b) suggests that Pakistan may be the next country to see an exponential rise in rates of COVID-19 transmission and death [9].…”

A Case Series of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 3 Febrile Infants in New York

“…The few published studies in this population report milder cases, although the reason for this is unknown. 5,6 Literature which describes the epidemiology, clinical features and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 in neonates and infants is scarce. One study suggests infants, although rarely affected, are vulnerable to severe manifestations.…”