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Can kids get “long Covid" after coronavirus infections?
Yes, but studies indicate they're less likely than adults to be affected by symptoms that persist, recur or begin a month or more after infection, AP reports.
A recently published UK study found about 4 per cent of young children and teens had symptoms more than a month after getting infected. Fatigue, headaches and loss of smell were among the most common complaints and most were gone by two months.
Coughing, chest pain and brain fog are among other long-term symptoms sometimes found in kids, and can occur even after mild infections or no initial symptoms.
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