Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors worldwide are learning more about how the illness impacts children.

While cases of severe illness and death remain far rarer among pediatric patients than adults, tens of thousands of children may struggle with its effects. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention cites Covid-19 as one of the top-10 causes of death among children ages five to 11.

A very small portion can suffer badly from complications, such as Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, which affects fewer than 0.1 per cent of infected children. "Long Covid" — the persistence of symptoms weeks or months after infection — affects children as well as adults.

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