Article 5TNT9 Victoria Covid update: Hospital paediatrician urges parents to get their children vaccinated – video

Victoria Covid update: Hospital paediatrician urges parents to get their children vaccinated – video

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Paediatrician Dr Laila Ibrahim from the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, has urged parents to get their children vaccinated after sharing her experiences treating children with Covid-19. Most of us hope that if our kids get Covid they will get a runny nose', she said. But there will be some, quite a significant proportion, who will have high fevers, vomiting and diarrhoea for several days'. Dr Ibrahim said that it's much better to prevent getting Covid-19 through vaccination than to be 'treating children when they're very unwell'. Victoria recorded 17,636 new positive cases with 591 people in hospital

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