Long COVID Rare in Children: Study

While long-COVID cases keep popping up, a new study reports the condition is relatively rare in children.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, noted that just 0.52 percent of children who had tested positive for COVID-19 in pediatric emergency departments still had symptoms six months later.

Interestingly, the rates of long COVID among children rose slightly after one year to 0.67 percent of those who had been admitted to the pediatric emergency department with COVID-19. Among symptomatic children who had tested negative for COVID-19, 0.16 percent still had symptoms after one year.

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