Severe coronavirus is most common in children under one year of age. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Alexander Gorelov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director for Research at the Federal State Budget Institute of the Rospotrebnadzor Central Research Institute of Epidemiology. According to him, half of the children have the virus in a mild form, 1/3 asymptomatic. "Severe and moderate forms are mainly registered in children under one year of age. "Mostly mild and moderate forms of the disease are registered in children over the age of three," Gorelov said.
Earlier, the head of the Executive Committee of the Russian Council of Pediatricians Leyla Namazova-Baranova warned about the dangerous consequences of the coronavirus in children. According to him, 30% of children recovering from coronavirus have a decrease in cognitive function, and a significant change in the spermatogenesis of boys, which can result in low fertility (reproduction)