The second wave of covid infection in India may have slowed down, but the wave has still created a hue and cry. Every day, lakhs of cases of covid infection are being reported in the country. Now Covid has started taking the children into his own fold. It has been revealed that the most disturbing thing in the second wave of covid is a large number of children reported infected. According to reports, more than 40,000 children under the age of 9 have been found infected with covid in Karnataka in the last two months. The government has fallen asleep due to infection in children. Let us tell you, in Karnataka, covid has been confirmed in 39,846 children in the age group of 0-9 years and 1,05,044 children in the age group of 10-19 years. This figure is from 18th March to 18th May this year (two months).
From the time covid was introduced last year till March 18 this year, 17,841 and 65,551 children were affected by covid respectively. The second wave has proved to be more dangerous for children than last time i.e. children have been covided at a speed of almost double. It is also being said that Dr. Srinivas, doctor at Lady Curzon Hospital, while talking to reporters, said that the second wave of covid is moving very dangerously. If covid is being confirmed in a family member, in just 48 hours, other members are also getting corona positive.
In some cases, children are also coming under the grip of covid. He further said that if a member of the house is infected with covid, the children are the first to come in contact with them. In such a situation, it is important to distance yourself from the children as soon as the symptoms of covid appear.
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