Amid covid-19 and the rapid transformation to digital platform, kids and school children have come under the radar for various types of vision defects with most cases being of myopia, or short-sightedness, an AIIMS doctor said on Monday.

Myopia being the most widely-spread vision defect is very common and is estimated to affect at least one-fifth of the global population, accounting for at least 45 per cent among adults, and 25 per cent among children, said Dr Namrata, a Professor at the AIIMS Eye Centre.