Every cloud: how the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit child health

摘要

The SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly affected the world with millions of persons infected and nearly 200,000 deaths worldwide as of April 2020. In particular, health services worldwide have witnessed extremes with some overwhelmed by the sudden influx of acutely ill patients while other are temporarily contracted or even closed. To date, limited reports suggest that children are largely spared from the most profound effects of COVID-19 infection. 1,2 The same cannot be said for the healthcare community tasked with caring for children who have experienced extensive service reconfiguration or have been redeployed to adult services.