The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added Down syndrome to its list of underlying conditions with an increased risk for serious COVID-19 complications.
Down syndrome advocates had been calling for the change for months. Down syndrome appeared in the CDC’s Dec. 23 update to its list of higher risk conditions linked to severe COVID-19 complications.
In a summary explaining the changes, the CDC said the update reflects “recent data supporting increased risk of severe illness among persons with Down syndrome from the virus that causes COVID-19.” Several studies have shown that people with developmental disabilities have a higher risk for COVID-19 complications.
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