September 14 (UPI) – Adults are 10 times more likely to be asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 than children, according to research published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics.
By contrast, more than 9% of asymptomatic adults had COVID-19.
The effects allow Italian officials to “start the new school year with a less pessimistic view” of the potential dangers of spreading in schools, he said.
Researchers estimated that between 50% and 80% of Americans inflamed with asymptomatic viruses.
The new effects of JAMA Pediatrics are based on the effects of COVID-19 detection on 214 patients at the Fondazione Ca’Granda Hospital in Milan. Northern Italy has been one of the worst outbreaks of viruses.
The 214 patients, 83 young people from 1 to 11 years old and 131 adults from 57 to 84 years old, were screened for COVID-19 for precautionary reasons when they entered the hospital between March 1 and April 30, despite the absence of symptoms, researchers. Said.
This equates to an infection rate of 1. 2% in asymptomatic youth and 9. 2% in asymptomatic adults, according to researchers.
Eleven of the 12 adults tested for the virus did so in the first test, according to the test.
The effects imply that young people may not be at higher risk than adults as asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, meaning that they may not play a significant role as “facilitators of the spread” of the virus, the researchers said.
“We’ll have to be on guard in all cases,” Agostoni said. “After the summer, we probably have higher percentages of carriers in Italy, especially among those around 30 years old [of age]. “