FEATURES OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION IN CHILDREN

A prospective observation of 524 pediatric patients with laboratory-verified coronavirus infection was carried out. The main epidemiological data were analyzed, including the age structure, as well as the features of the clinical course of the disease. Most often, the clinical picture was dominated by symptoms of ARVI: hyperemia of the fauces — in 501 patients (95.6% of cases), while fever — in 412 (78.6%), and cough — in 89 (16.9%). The involvement of the gastrointestinal tract was manifested mainly by the symptoms of acute gastroenteritis, and was observed in 37.6% of cases, specifically diarrhea — 21.2%, vomiting — 16.5%, abdominal pain syndrome — 9.2%. These manifestations were significantly more frequently recorded in patients under one year, as well as children of the first three years of life (p ≤ 0.05).