Long COVID in 7% of kids’ virus cases says CSS chief – English

Long COVID in 7% of kids’ virus cases says CSS chief – English – Agenzia ANSA

(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 15 – So-called ‘Long COVID’ presents in
7% of children’s cases of he coronavirus, Higher Health Council
(CSS) President Franco Locatelli said Wednesday.

“Some 7% of children can develop prolonged symptoms of Long
Covid,” he told a press conference on the vaccine rollout for
children in Italy.

“These numbers say why we have to greet with joy the fact that
Italian families can use the opportunity to vaccinate their
children.”
Hr said that giving kids the COVID jab “makes it possible to
guarantee school attendance, in-person teaching and recreational
activities that are very important for proper psychological
development.”
Locatelli added that in children in Italy, there were currently
65 hospital admissions for COVID-19 for every 10,000 cases of
infection.

The Italian association of paediatricians told the same press
conference that there were currently 250,000 cases of COVID
among five-to-11-year-olds in Italy, spelling a “strong social
malaise”. (ANSA).