Social distancing decreased pediatric respiratory tract infections in Finland. – Brinkwire

Finland declared a lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, and the ensuing social distancing measures decreased the number of pediatric emergency room visits to nearly one-third of what they used to be, according to a recent register-based study conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital and the National Institute for Health and Welfare.
The researchers looked at the number of pediatric emergency room visits in two Fi…

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