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Are children with asthma at a greater risk of severe disease with COVID-19?

May 12, 2020
|In Show all, COVID-19, External News
|By Alice Black

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) are conducting extensive research into why children are more mildly affected by COVID-19. They are also investigating whether chronic health conditions such as asthma increase the risk of severe disease.

Read more about how children with asthma may be affected by COVID-19 at the link below:

MCRI: COVID-19 and asthma: what are the risks for children?

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