Children infected with the virus are particularly worrying. A 1-year-old girl died suddenly in just 4 days, while a 3-year-old boy developed MIS-C more than 2 months following the diagnosis, which is also life-threatening. Experts said that in the face of unpredictable virus attacks and immune responses, studies have shown that vaccination can indeed reduce the risk of severe illness by more than 90%.
According to the statistics of the command center, as of August 22, a total of 184 severe cases of children under the age of 12 have been reported, including 112 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), 27 cases of encephalitis, 22 cases of pneumonia, 10 cases of croup, and sepsis. There were 3 cases of comorbidity and 1 case of myocarditis, of which 28 cases died.
On 8/22, a 1-year-old girl went from flu-like symptoms to sudden death in a coma. Only 4 days later, she was found to be positive following testing, and more severe cases were MIS-C. There was a 3-year-old boy who died in May It was diagnosed in China, and MIS-C occurred in early August, with an interval of up to 80 days!
Yan Peiru, a pediatrician in the Yangming District of North City United Hospital, said that it is currently speculated that MIS-C is an overreaction of the immune system, which will cause damage to multiple organs in the body. In severe cases, it may cause damage to myocardial function, including pericarditis and valvitis. Or coronary artery abnormalities, and even lead to hypotension or shock, most often 2 to 6 weeks following infection, but there are also cases of prolonged stretch, as in the boy above.
Yan Peiru reminded that if the child has been diagnosed and has fever for more than 3 days once more, and has rash, red eyes, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and dizziness, he must seek medical evaluation as soon as possible to clarify whether MIS-C occurs.
According to the data of the command center, less than half of the 112 children with MIS-C have been vaccinated, so parents are urged to bring their children to be vaccinated as soon as possible. Qiu Zhengxun, deputy director of Linkou Chang Gung Hospital and an infectious disease physician, said that according to Danish research, vaccination can reduce the incidence of MIS-C by more than 90%.
Qiu Zhengxun said that a Danish report showed that during the Delta variant outbreak, only 1 in 10,000 children who were vaccinated developed MIS-C following being infected, and 1 in 3,400 people who were not vaccinated. people. During the Omicron variant period, Denmark re-investigated, out of every 1 million confirmed children, only 3.7 were vaccinated with MIS-C, and as many as 35 were not vaccinated, confirming that the vaccine protection is as high as 90%.
As of August 20, the vaccination rate of the first dose of Moderna vaccine for children aged 6 months to 4 years in my country was 18.9%, and the vaccination rate of the second dose of Moderna vaccine was 0.2%. Children aged 5-11 years received 77.7% of the first dose and 76.6% of the second dose.
