Israeli survey finds about 1 in 10 kids who had COVID have lingering COVID symptoms

Israeli survey finds about 1 in 10 kids have lingering COVID symptoms About one in 10 children had symptoms that remained after recovering from COVID-19, though that number dropped by more than half as the months passed, a Health Ministry survey showed on Monday. Reuters Reuters

JERUSALEM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - About one in 10 children had symptoms that remained after recovering from COVID-19, though that number dropped by more than half as the months passed, a Health Ministry survey showed on Monday.

Severe illness from the novel coronavirus is most common among adults, but there is a lack of data on the virus' impact on youths, who are far less prone to serious complications, the ministry said. ...