Pneumonia is a complication of many respiratory infections, including Covid-19

If your baby is unusually fussy and doesn’t feed well, it might be a sign that they have pneumonia, even if they don’t have a fever. — Filepic

One of the main worries when a child catches an infection of the respiratory system, is that it will develop into pneumonia, which can be fatal.

In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the annual death rate of children below the age of five years worldwide due to pneumonia is 18%. That is 1.4 million children every year.