Children can contract COVID-19

Children are not immune to the COVID-19 disease, Dr Isabella Sagoe-Moses,  the Acting Director of the Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stated.

She explained that in Ghana, the COVID-19 graphs showed that positive cases recorded included children below 15 years but was quick to add that the cases among children were fewer as compared to other age groups.

Dr Sagoe-Moses disclosed this to the Junior Graphic when responding to one of the myths about COVID-19 that children could not be infected with or die from the disease because they had a strong immune system.

She indicated that among all the age groups that had tested positive to the COVID-19, there were some who did not show any symptoms of the viral infection and so they could unknowingly pass it on to others.  

She stated that the relatively low number of cases among children could be attributed to the fact that children were not going out often becaus