NCPCR seeks guidelines for treatment of children in next COVID-19 wave
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the highest medical analysis physique, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), looking for guidelines for treatment of children forward of the approaching third wave of COVID-19.
“The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting a slightly greater number of younger people. A third wave of COVID-19 is projected to hit the country according to experts and will affect children, too. The Supreme Court of India has emphasised upon the need to prepare for the same. You may kindly apprise the Commission if additional protocols have been developed,” Chairperson NCPCR, Priyank Kanoongo, wrote to Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director-General, ICMR, on May 13.
The NCPCR mentioned that it will share these guidelines with its wings throughout all States and Union Territories.
In a separate letter to Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the kid rights physique sought that instructions be issued to States for emergency ambulance companies for children and neonatals in preparation for the next wave of COVID-19.