COVID-19 continues its rampage in children and in unvaccinated communities due to the Delta and Omicron variants

Abstract

With the onset of the Omicron variant transmissible, even among those having received two doses of vaccine, it is clear that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is of particular concern among children and in developing countries with lower vaccination coverage. Vaccine equity combined with a range of other practical control strategies among children and adults is fundamental for controlling global morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, and to relieve the continuous cycle of poverty it purveys.

Keywords

• covid-19
• children
• risk
• transmission
• epidemiology.