COVID-19 Infection in Children

Abstract

The COVID-19 situation has spread globally. It has impacted all ages including children. For children, they lack knowledge and experiences as well as their growth and development are immature; therefore, they should be taken care and monitored closely. Not only physical, mental, and socioeconomic aspects, but also children’s learning, growth, and development were impacted by COVID-19. Thus, the COVID-19 prevention or taking care of infected children is crucial. This article aims to review the COVID-19 situation and gather the information about COVID-19 including incidences and death of children, mechanism of COVID-19 infection, signs and symptoms, impact of COVID-19 to children and their family, diagnostic tests and interpretation, treatments, cares for caregivers, nursing cares, and COVID-19 prevention in children.