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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

Study challenges notion that Covid is ‘mild’ for children — finds life-threatening complications for those sick with virus twice

Children who have Covid twice are at double the risk of experiencing long Covid, an often debilitating condition.

The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children are “mild,” as well as the notion that re-infections do not carry the same risk of long Covid as getting it the first time.

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