Health official: No statistics of children with omicron strain

"Statistics of infections with the omicron strain of coronavirus among children are not kept," said Tayyar Eyvazov, an infectious disease specialist at the Health Ministry.

Report quotes him as saying that in world practice, there are cases of infection of children with the delta strain. "Children tolerate the disease easier than adults. The spread of diseases with similar symptoms among schoolchildren is seasonal. Due to the pandemic, the attention of the population is drawn to these patients. This causes concern."