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At the start of the school year, there is an influx of children with attacks of viral wheeze and asthma who present to children’s emergency departments. In the UK, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in extensive school lockdowns and the implementation of social distancing measures within schools. We aimed to determine the extent that SARS-CoV-2 has been identified in children admitted to hospital with viral wheeze and/or asthma at the start of the 2020 school year and compare presentation trends to previous years. Leicester was the first city in the UK to …
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Contributors DR: conceived the idea aided by data collated by KWT. SB, DL and EAG reviewed initial manuscripts, and all authors agreed a final version.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Not required.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.