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from the University of Calgary indicates that 5.8 per cent of children who wound up in the emergency department report symptoms of long COVID 90 days later.
The most common symptoms being reported at the 90-day mark were a cough, difficult breathing, and fatigue or weakness.Characteristics associated with developing long COVID include being hospitalized for at least 48 hours, having at least four symptoms and being 14 years or older. Although the risk factors are similar to what is seen in adults, children have less of a risk of showing symptoms several months after the initial illness than adults.
“Our finding that children who had multiple COVID-19 symptoms initially were at higher risk for long COVID is consistent with studies in adults,” co-principal investigator Dr. Todd Florin, MD, said in a“Unfortunately, there are no known therapies for long COVID in children and more research is needed in this area. However, if symptoms are significant, treatment targeting the symptoms is most important. Multidisciplinary care is warranted if symptoms are impacting quality of life.”U.S.
Dr. Ayoade Alakija, co-chair of the African Union’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance, gave a scathing rebuke of the state of the vaccine roll out in low-income nations. “That has been a deeply depressing role to be in over the last couple of years, as we have seen that the high-income countries of the world have clearly prioritized themselves but forgotten that this pandemic is affecting all of us,” Alakija said in anAlakija explained the focus on health systems — e.g. which hospitals are overwhelmed — creates a blind spot for communities that do not have hospitals.
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