Children under five at lowest risk of Covid-19 infection

Higher viral loads were discovered in the nasopharynx of asymptomatic children. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Children under the age of five are at the lowest risk of being infected by Covid-19 from adults, as they may be more resistant to the virus, according to a household transmission study conducted by the KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH).

According to the study results released on Wednesday (Oct 21), there was a transmission rate of 6.1 per cent among children exposed to Covid-19 cases out of the 137 households surveyed.