[ ]most confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported from China have occurred in adults," it said According to the CDC, this aligns with what occurred during the past two outbreaks involving novel coronaviruses - SARS and MERS - in which infections among children were relatively uncommon According to the CDC, limited reports from China indicated that children generally present with mild symptoms, including fever, runny nose and cough
COVID-19 spreads, mostly sparing children