Objective The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made its worldwide spread since its outbreak in December 2019. Limited information is available about the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of COVID-19, especially in Africa and Egypt.

Methods We aimed to study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Egyptian children. This is an observational retrospective cohort study performed at two specialized COVID-19 isolation hospitals in Egypt. All admitted COVID-19 pediatric patients between March 20, 2020, and May 1, 2020, were included in the study.

Discussion This study included 40 COVID-19 confirmed cases (mean age, 9.4 years), 67.5% were male, 85% were asymptomatic, and 15% had mild symptoms. There were no confirmed severe or critically ill cases among the patients.

Conclusion COVID-19 runs in a benign course in Egyptian children with no mortality and no significant morbidity.

目的 自2019年12月爆发以来，新型冠状病毒疾病2019（COVID-19）已在世界范围内传播。关于COVID-19的流行病学和临床特征的信息有限，尤其是在非洲和埃及。

方法 我们旨在研究埃及儿童中COVID-19的临床和流行病学特征。这是一项在埃及的两家专门COVID-19隔离医院进行的观察性回顾性队列研究。研究纳入了2020年3月20日至2020年5月1日之间所有入院的COVID-19儿科患者。

讨论 本研究包括40例COVID-19确诊病例（平均年龄9.4岁），其中男性占67.5％，无症状，占85％，轻度症状占15％。患者中没有确诊的重症或重症病例。

结论 在埃及儿童中，COVID-19的运行过程良好，无死亡且无明显发病率。