More and more children need medical help.
Coronavirus in Ukraine started to gain momentum again. As of January 21, the number of patients crossed the mark of 20 thousand people. Most cases were found in the western regions of the country, and according to doctors, many patients are children, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
As the head doctor of the Lviv Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital Sergey Fedorenko said , the youngest patient is only 6 years old.
He noted that manifestations of intoxication have now been added to the usual respiratory symptoms of coronavirus.
«The main symptoms are fever, sneezing , nasal congestion or rhinorrhea, mostly dry cough. Also, manifestations of general intoxication, accompanied by pain in the lower extremities, lower back and upper extremities & # 187;, & # 8212; said the specialist.
Patients are brought to the Lviv Infectious Diseases Hospital daily — an average of 5-6 people.
Fedorenko notes that all patients are young and middle-aged, but older and almost no old age. Most of the people in intensive care are not vaccinated.
«Now the same people who were before are at risk. These are patients with diabetes mellitus, people with chronic lesions of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Children are also at risk right now. They also get sick much more often now than in previous periods», — the doctor emphasized.
He added that the main reason for the increase in patients was the holidays, when people often went to visit, attended mass cultural events, concerts and nativity scenes.
Also in the western regions on holidays came a lot of tourists from other regions of the country and from other countries.