Taiwan records first severe COVID-19 infection of child

A 2-year-old boy has developed a severe infection of COVID-19 and has been in intensive care since Thursday, marking Taiwan's first serious case of the disease in a child under the age of 10 years, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Saturday.

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