children with symptomatic Covid in the study experienced symptoms for longer than four weeks, most often fatigue, headaches and loss of smell, researchers said in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.
The research team followed 250,000 children in the U.K., between five and 17 years old, between September of last year and February 22. “This data is reassuring to families, to parents, to teachers and to children who are affected," said Emma Duncan, a professor of clinical endocrinology from King’s College London and lead author of the study. “Most children will get better with time." The results come amid debate about how broadly to vaccinate teenagers.