A record number of hospitalizations of children with coronavirus is recorded at Makarios, with the Director of the Pediatric Clinic of the hospital, Dr. Abraham Ilias, urging parents to vaccinate their children.
"We have nine children we are treating with COVID-19 at the moment, aged one month to ten years old. Eight are under five years old. The children are out of danger. The predominant symptom is fever. This is the highest number we have ever had for hospitalization of children with coronavirus, the previous number was seven children in the summer," Dr. Elias told CNA.
There is a concern, he said, that there is a large spread of the virus in the community resulting in many children being affected, children who are vulnerable, unvaccinated and more susceptible to developing the virus.
"Occupancy is around 90% but if necessary arrangements will be made for
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