evidence: This statement is outdated. Please refer to the more recent statement: https://www.who.int/news/item/11-08-2022-interim-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] The preponderance of evidence on the risk for severe COVID-19 and death in children and adolescents comes from studies in high resource settings, so the applicability of the following observations to lower resource settings remains to be determined. One systematic review suggests that there may be larger impact of paediatric COVID-19 related fatality in low to middle income countries versus high income countries (12). [...] - Shi Q, Wang Z, Liu J, Wang X, Zhou Q, Li Q, et al. Risk factors for poor prognosis in children and adolescents with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 2021;41:101155.