August 15, 2024
The current wave is primarily led by KP.3, an Omicron subvariant that constituted 45.5 percent of cases in South Korea last month and is also driving the summer wave elsewhere around the world. PHOTO: YONHAP/THE KOREA HERALD
Number of COVID-19 paediatric patients jumps as summer wave spreads in South Korea
At 42 paediatric hospitals, there were 1,080 child patients with COVID-19 on Aug. 5-9, compared with 387 child patients on July 22-26, according to data compiled by the Korea Children's Hospital Association.
