Towards the end of 2019, there were reports of a strange, new infection in Wuhan, China. Infection control was slow to respond, and the virus that was causing this fatal disease rapidly spread throughout the world. Eventually named as SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 infection), it created a pandemic that quickly disrupted daily activities and affected hundreds of lives across many countries.
By January 2020, around 20 children from the province of Zhejiang were positive for the disease. A month later, reports showed that children comprised only 2% of the total number of cases in China. Interestingly, at that time, children who turned out positive did not have any comorbidities or other diseases, while most adults who tested positive had comorbidities.