long Covid was linked to a first-time hospitalisation lasting 48 hours or more, four or more symptoms present at the first hospital visit, and age 14 or older.
Notably, children's exhaustion or weakness, cough, difficulty breathing, or shortness of breath were the most often reported chronic symptoms.
Principal investigator Stephen Freedman, MDCM, MSc of Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, "we discovered that in some children, sickness with Covid-19 is associated with reporting persisting symptoms after 3 months." Freedman further noted that the latest findings imply the necessity for suitable counselling and follow-up, particularly for kids who may be at high risk for lengthy Covid.
It is important to note that, for the study, 1,884 children with Covid-19 who had a 90-day follow-up were included in the study, out of which nearly 10% of children in hospitals and 5% of kids who were discharged from the ER had long Covid.