Research and analysis

PHE: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV: What do we know about children?, 9 March 2020

Paper prepared by Public Health England (PHE) and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 5 June 2020
• Last updated: 13 May 2022 — See all updates

Documents

SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV: What do we know about children? - 9 March 20202

PDF, 300 KB, 21 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email contact@go-science.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

PHE: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV: What do we know about children?, 9 March 2020

HTML

Details

Paper by PHE and Professor Chris Whitty on what we know about children and SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV. It was considered at SAGE 14 on the 10 March 2020.

It should be viewed in context: the paper was the best assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. The picture is developing rapidly and, as new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

Therefore, some of the information in this paper may have been superseded and the author’s opinion or conclusion may since have developed.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 5 June 2020
Last updated 13 May 2022 + show all updates

1. 13 May 2022

   Added HTML attachment for accessibility purposes.

2. 5 June 2020

   First published.