Elaborating on how coronavirus affects the kids, Dr Lakshmi further underlined, “Some theories suggest that children do not have the A2 receptor, which is what SARS-CoV-2 needs to spread to the lower respiratory tract. In children, this is not developed, so the infection is largely in the upper respiratory tract.”

According to a study published in the Journal Jama, “ACE2 gene expression in the nasal epithelium was lowest in younger children” out of the 305 coronavirus patients, who were between the age of 4 to 60 years.

Infact, a lot of studies conducted in China, Australia, Netherlands and Iceland have all confirmed the same thing–fewer children get sick from the coronavirus infection when compared to the adults but those who do, may end up getting severely sick due to abnormal immune system response.

Other health experts believe that it is the kids’ rapidly developing immune system– which is constantly fighting novel pathogens (new to their bodies, but not for the adults)– which is flexible enough to deal with new viruses and bacteria.