COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2022; 8 : e810
DOI: 10.32113/idtm_20223_810

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Tsheten T.
Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan Close
, Lowe C.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
callum.lowe@anu.edu.au Close
, Wangdi K.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Kelly M.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Mationg M. L.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Williams G. M.
School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Close
, McManus D. P.
Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland, Australia Close
, Gray D. J.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close

Abstract

With the onset of the Omicron variant transmissible, even among those having received two doses of vaccine, it is clear that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is of particular concern among children and in developing countries with lower vaccination coverage. Vaccine equity combined with a range of other practical control strategies among children and adults is fundamental for controlling global morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, and to relieve the continuous cycle of poverty it purveys.
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Tsheten T.
Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan Close
, Lowe C.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
callum.lowe@anu.edu.au Close
, Wangdi K.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Kelly M.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Mationg M. L.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
, Williams G. M.
School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Close
, McManus D. P.
Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland, Australia Close
, Gray D. J.
Department of Global Health, National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Close
COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 2022; 8 : e810
DOI: 10.32113/idtm_20223_810

Publication History

Submission date: 24 Dec 2021

Revised on: 13 Feb 2022

Accepted on: 23 Feb 2022

Published online: 04 Mar 2022