Coronavirus Disease 2019 Disease Severity in Children Infected With the Omicron Variant.
Adeel Ajwad ButtSoha R DarghamSrusvin LokaRiyazuddin M ShaikHiam ChemaitellyPatrick TangMohammad R HasanPeter V CoyleHadi M YassineHebah A Al-KhatibMaria K SmattiAnvar H KaleeckalAli Nizar LatifAhmed ZaqoutMuna A AlmaslamaniAbdullatif Al KhalRoberto BertolliniAbdul Badi Abou-SamraLaith J Abu-RaddadPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Omicron variant infection in children/adolescents is associated with less severe disease than Delta variant infection as measured by hospitalization rates and need for ICU care or mechanical ventilation. Those 6 to <18 years of age also have less severe disease than those <6 years old.