Treatment of children with a viral disease MOSCOW, 10 Jan. The greatest spread of coronavirus is observed among children. This statement was made by Tatyana Ruzhentsova, Deputy Director for Clinical Work of the G. N. Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, on the Russia 1 TV channel. This is due to the fact that among children the level of immunity from coronavirus is extremely low. these groups, groups of unvaccinated, we see both the greatest spread (infections — Ed.), and the most severe course «, — said Ruzhentsova. that coronavirus in children can manifest itself in different ways: in addition to respiratory symptoms, «covid fingers» are also possible — a complication reminiscent of frostbite. The infectious disease specialist also noted that children under one year of age and adolescents are most seriously ill, as well as children with somatic concomitant chronic pathology or congenital defects. 
Doctors explained why the omicron strain is dangerous for children Vaccination remains the most reliable way to protect against coronavirus. According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko, the proportion of those vaccinated among COVID-19 patients does not exceed four percent, severe cases are few, while the vast majority of patients in hospitals are unvaccinated. At the end of September, the WHO announced the connection between mortality from SARS-CoV-2 and the refusal of preventive immunization. The vaccine against COVID-19 «Gam-COVID-Vac M», or «Sputnik M», entered civilian circulation. The Gamaleya Center developed it for adolescents 12-17 years old. The need to vaccinate this age group is due to the spread of the delta strain, which causes a more severe course of coronavirus infection in children.
