Department of Child Health, Medical Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Team, North Sumatera COVID-19 Task Force, Medan, Indonesia.
Arch Iran Med. 2022 Nov 1;25(11):737-741. doi: 10.34172/aim.2022.116.
In December 2019, a cluster of viral pneumonia cases, later identified as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was first reported in Wuhan, China, and then continued to spread to other parts of the world. COVID-19 is thought to be more prevalent in adults than children; therefore, information about COVID-19 burden and characteristics in children is lacking.
We gathered data on the profile and transmission in children with COVID-19 from data collected by the North Sumatera Provincial Health Office team. Data were presented as mean±SD and percentage. Statistical analysis was performed using STATA version 15.0.
From April to October 2020, there were 1125 confirmed COVID-19 cases in children in North Sumatera, representing approximately 8.9% of all cases. Death occurred in 0.62% of the patients, and the children who died had underlying diseases. Four major clusters of COVID-19 infection in children were found in three Islamic boarding schools and one refugee shelter.
A high number of children in North Sumatera were affected by COVID-19, and mortality was found to be higher in children with underlying diseases. Major clusters were found in places with prolonged and repeated activities in close contact, such as boarding schools and a refugee shelter.
2019 年 12 月，在中国武汉首次报告了一组病毒性肺炎病例，随后被确定为 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19），并继续传播到世界其他地区。COVID-19 被认为在成年人中比在儿童中更为普遍；因此，关于儿童 COVID-19 负担和特征的信息不足。
我们从北苏门答腊省卫生办公室团队收集的数据中收集了有关儿童 COVID-19 患者特征和传播的数据。数据以平均值±标准差和百分比呈现。使用 STATA 版本 15.0 进行统计分析。
2020 年 4 月至 10 月，北苏门答腊有 1125 例确诊的 COVID-19 儿童病例，约占所有病例的 8.9%。0.62%的患者死亡，死亡患者患有基础疾病。在三所伊斯兰寄宿学校和一个难民营中发现了 COVID-19 感染的四个主要集群。
北苏门答腊有大量儿童受到 COVID-19 的影响，患有基础疾病的儿童死亡率较高。主要集群出现在寄宿学校和难民营等长时间重复密切接触的地方。
