No case of child passing on coronavirus to an adult exists, scientists say
NO young child has been found to have passed coronavirus to an adult, a new study has found.
Analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on kids show it is likely they "do not play a significant role" in spreading the deadly virus.
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There has not been a single case of a child under 10 passing on coronavirus in contact tracing carried out by the World Health Organisation.
The study, by the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health, found the evidence "consistently demonstrates reduced infection and infectivity of children in the transmission chain".
Dr Alasdair Munro, a clinical research fellow in paediatric infectious diseases, said: "Covid-19 appears to affect children less often, and with less severity, including frequent asymptomatic or sub-clinical infection. There is evidence of critical illness, but it is rare. The role of children in transmission is unclear, but it seems likely they do not play a significant role."
It was revealed this week that a nine-year-old boy who contracted Covid-19 in Eastern France did not pass the virus on despite coming into contact with more than 170 people.
The boy was among a number of cases linked to Steve Walsh, the businessman who became the first Brit to test positive for coronavirus after attending a sales conference in Singapore in January.
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Switzerland has announced it will allow kids under ten to visit and hug grandparents again.
The Federal Office of Public Health claimed children pose "no risk" to the elderly but said contact should be kept brief.
Coronavirus spokesman Dr Daniel Koch said: "We now know that young children don't transmit the virus."
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