TO EVALUATE CORRELATION OF BACILLUS CALMETTE GUERIN (BCG) VACCINATION STATUS WITH SEVERITY OF COVID 19 DIAGNOSED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ADMITTED AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF SOUTH GUJARAT OF WESTERN INDIA.

Background: Several studies have documented that BCG vaccine which is a part of Primary Immunization in certain countries not only prevent occurrence of Tuberculosis in children but also have numbers of heterologus protective effects which subsequently decreases the chances of occurrence of sepsis and various respiratory infections during childhood. In the present pandemic of SARS-Cov2 it is observed worldwide that Pediatric patients neither show severity nor adverse outcome of COVID 19 as compare to Adult population. Objectives: 1. To nd out the proportion of BCG vaccination among COVID 19 positive paediatric patients admitted in a tertiary care centre. 2. To document the progress of the COVID 19 disease between BCG vaccinated COVID 19 patients and BCG non-vaccinated COVID 19 patients admitted in the tertiary care centre. It is a cross Methods: sectional study conducted in All COVID 19 positive patients admitted in the department of Paediatrics of the tertiary care centre during the study period shall be included. All 57 COVID 19 positive Results: children were BCG vaccinated. Majority of children (98.2%) recovered from COVID 19 and discharge from hospital, only 1.8% death occurred due to COVID 19 in children. we conclude that BCG vaccination has a protective Conclusion: effect against severity of COVID-19 in childhood. The main limitation of study, there were not any unvaccinated covid-19 positive children admitted in hospital during study period.