Children Covid

• Study shows COVID had little impact on mental health. The same isn’t true for kids

  A new study found that emergency department visits for suicide attempts among youth across the world increased by 22 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Mar 15, 2023
  
• Kids and COVID-19 resilience: How much stress is too much?

  Experts weigh in on the impact of the pandemic on Canada's children, from isolation to masking to mental health.

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  Mar 23, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: Vaccine registration open for B.C. kids 5+ but no timeline on approval

  Parents are still not able to actually book a vaccine appointment, as no COVID-19 vaccine has yet been approved in Canada for kids under the age of 12.

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  Oct 9, 2021
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• Canada must be ‘practical’ on school rapid testing amid U.S. supply crunch: advocates

  Some provinces in Canada are announcing strategies involving rapid testing to protect children from COVID-19 in schools as they await a childhood vaccine.

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  Oct 6, 2021
• B.C. confirms first case of rare inflammatory syndrome in children linked to COVID-19

  'We are still learning about this virus, we do not yet know if there are going to be long term effects, even for people who have mild illness,' said Dr. Bonnie Henry.

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  Oct 15, 2020
• So long swabs: B.C. unveils new mouth-rinse COVID-19 test for kids

  The new test for people aged 4 to 18 years old and involves swishing and gargling a sterile saltwater solution, then spitting it into a collection tube.

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  Sep 17, 2020