The first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospitalized children after
the adjustment of prevention measures in Henan, China
Abstract
On December 7 th of 2022, the province and the country
experienced a huge adjustment of the prevention and control measures
against SARS-CoV-2, which was called the ten actions. But we still
performed regular SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing for hospitalized
patients before their admission, which could to some extent reflect the
infection rates of the total society. A total of 2212 cases and 439
positive cases were enrolled in the study. The infection rate increases
from the first to the third week, and then decreases from the third to
the eighth period. The infection rate of the eighth week returned nearly
to the rate of the first week. The adjustment on the prevention and
control measures resulted in rapid increase of SARS-CoV-2 infection rate
among hospitalized children through the first three weeks, and it took
nearly eight weeks for the infection to recover to the rate at the
beginning of the adjustment. Continuous monitoring of the infection is
required in the future to help reduce the infection.