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Children’s innate immune system protecting them from severe COVID, Melbourne researchers find
Francesca Orsini was preparing to celebrate her daughter’s second birthday when the family received a call from Victoria’s Department of Health, telling them the toddler had tested positive for COVID-19.
Key points:
- Most children who contract coronavirus do not get seriously ill
- Researchers studied 28 Melbourne households who were infected or exposed to the virus
- They found children’s innate immune systems react to the virus in a way not seen in adults
Two-year-old Camilla was the last in the family of four confirmed as having the virus but, while Francesca and her partner Alessandro Bartesaghi were struck down with headaches and fatigue, Camilla and her five-year-old sister Beatrice sailed through the illness with only minor symptoms.
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