One in four symptomatic children get long Covid, study finds

Research suggests quarter of youngsters experience symptoms up to 12 weeks after initial infection, reports Furvah Shah

A meta-analysis of studies with participants from Europe, Asia, Australia and South America revealed the extent of children suffering from long Covid (Getty Images)

One in four children with symptomatic coronavirus develop long Covid, a new study suggests.

A study of over 80,000 children aged under 18 diagnosed with Covid-19 found that 25 per cent of participants developed symptoms that lasted at least four to 12 weeks after the first infection, or developed new, persistent symptoms within 12 weeks.

The meta-analysis included 80,071 young people from Europe, Asia, Australia and South America, and is yet to be peer-reviewed.