@article{ref1, title="Paediatric emergency department visits fell by more than 70% during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northern Italy", journal="Acta paediatrica", year="2020", author="Ciprandi, Giorgio and Marseglia, Gian Luigi and Foiadelli, Thomas and Brambilla, Ilaria and Iozzi, Lucia", volume="ePub", number="ePub", pages="ePub-ePub", abstract="In February 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic flared up across Italy and the first cluster appeared in Southern Lombardy, which is still the most affected area (1). Schools. sports facilities and parks were closed on 1 March, followed by a strict lockdown on 10 March after a significant increase in infections and deaths. The next day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Many studies have now been published concerning the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients, but data on children are still relatively scarce.

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