Department of Biochemistry, National Hepatology Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Faculty of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt.
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2021;21(3):358-362. doi: 10.2174/1871526520666200520112848.
The 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to expand worldwide. Although the number of cases and the death rate among children and adolescents are reported to be low compared to adults, limited data have been reported. We urgently need to find the treatment and vaccine to stop the epidemic. Vaccine development is in progress, but any approved and effective vaccine for COVID-19 will take at least 12 to 18 months. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have issued instructions and strategies for controlling COVID-19 outbreak to the general public, physicians, travelers and injured patients to follow so that the transmission to a healthy population can be prevented. In this review, we summarize demographic data, clinical characteristics, complications and outcomes and finally prevention and control strategies for this serious pandemic.
2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行继续在全球范围内蔓延。虽然与成年人相比,儿童和青少年的病例数和死亡率报告较低,但报告的数据有限。我们急需找到治疗和疫苗来阻止疫情。疫苗的研发正在进行中,但任何针对 COVID-19 的批准和有效的疫苗都需要至少 12 到 18 个月的时间。世界卫生组织(WHO)、疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)以及粮食及农业组织(FAO)已经向公众、医生、旅行者和受伤患者发布了关于控制 COVID-19 疫情的指示和策略,以便预防向健康人群的传播。在这篇综述中,我们总结了严重大流行的人口统计学数据、临床特征、并发症和结局以及预防和控制策略。