➡️ No correlation between viral load & age.
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However, symptomatic and asymptomatic children did not differ with regard to viral load in faeces or saliva.
However, the authors state their findings "suggest the necessity for children to wear masks, especially in schools, where children would talk in close proximity."
Given prolonged shedding of viral RNA is observed in children, precautions to avoid faecal-oral transmission should be taken, including appropriate hygiene in toilets and when changing infants.