Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uprooted our lives like never before since its onset in the late December 2019. The world has seen mounting infections and deaths over the past few months despite the unprecedented measures countries are implementing, such as lockdowns, social distancing, mask-wearing, and banning gatherings in large groups. Interestingly, young individuals seem less likely to be impacted by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19. While the rate of transmission, symptom presentation, and fatality is lower in children than people from other age groups, they have been disproportionately affected by strict lockdown measures needed to curb viral spread. In this review, we describe the association between patient age and COVID-19, epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, psychological effects associated with lockdowns and school closures, and possible mechanisms underlying lower transmission rate of COVID-19 in children.

自2019年12月下旬爆发以来，2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行使我们的生活前所未有地流离失所。尽管各国采取了前所未有的措施，例如封锁，远离社交，戴口罩和禁止大型团体聚会。有趣的是，年轻人似乎不太可能受到导致COVID-19的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的影响。尽管儿童的传播，症状表现和致死率低于其他年龄段的人，但他们受到严格的遏制措施的遏制，以遏制病毒的传播，因此受到了不成比例的影响。在这篇评论中，我们描述了患者年龄与COVID-19，