The third Covid-19 wave to likely hit kids in large numbers and the preparations to tackle it have begun. A nine-member panel of paediatricians would be meeting Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over video call on Thursday with recommendations for the same.

Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), the largest body of paediatricians in India working with the government on children’s health, has prepared guidelines to tackle Covid-19 in children. It is believed that after the virus hit the younger population in the second wave, children would be affected more in the third wave. The city is already seeing considerable paediatric Covid-19 cases.