Risks and control of bronchial asthma in children in conditions of COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, special attention should be paid to patients with chronic diseases, and we have many questions about the additional risks for children with bronchial asthma. We asked for an answer to these questions from Yuriy Mizernitskiy, Honoured Worker of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of Pulmonology of the Scientific-Research Clinical Institute of Pediatrics named after academician Yu.E. Veltishchev of the RNRMU named after N.I. Pirogov of the Russian Ministry of Health, Head of the Children’s ScientificPractical Pulmonology Centre of the Russian Ministry of Health.