COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants
With the onset of the Omicron variant transmissible, even among those having received two doses of vaccine, it is clear that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is of particular concern among children and in developing countries with lower vaccination coverage. Vaccine equity combined with a range of othe...
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author | T. Tsheten C. Lowe K. Wangdi M. Kelly M. Mationg G. Williams D. McManus D. Gray |
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description | With the onset of the Omicron variant transmissible, even among those having received two doses of vaccine, it is clear that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is of particular concern among children and in developing countries with lower vaccination coverage. Vaccine equity combined with a range of other practical control strategies among children and adults is fundamental for controlling global morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, and to relieve the continuous cycle of poverty it purveys. |
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spelling | doaj.art-c6ed6b41be1c45a78566e13e042530142023-01-10T10:28:31ZengVerduci EditoreInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine2379-40542022-03-01810.32113/idtm_20223_810810COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variantsT. Tsheten0C. Lowe1K. Wangdi2M. Kelly3M. Mationg4G. Williams5D. McManus6D. Gray7Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, BhutanDepartment of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, AustraliaInfectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaWith the onset of the Omicron variant transmissible, even among those having received two doses of vaccine, it is clear that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is of particular concern among children and in developing countries with lower vaccination coverage. Vaccine equity combined with a range of other practical control strategies among children and adults is fundamental for controlling global morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, and to relieve the continuous cycle of poverty it purveys.https://www.infectiousjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/e810.pdfcovid-19childrenrisktransmissionepidemiology. |
spellingShingle | T. Tsheten C. Lowe K. Wangdi M. Kelly M. Mationg G. Williams D. McManus D. Gray COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine covid-19 children risk transmission epidemiology. |
title | COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants |
title_full | COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants |
title_short | COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants |
title_sort | covid 19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the delta and omicron variants |
topic | covid-19 children risk transmission epidemiology. |
url | https://www.infectiousjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/e810.pdf |
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