Category: MIS-C PIMS
Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS
Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness. More...
US: 44% of kids hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms
44% of children hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms, the most common being headache, acute encephalopathy and seizures. More...
UK ONS: 1.3 million long COVID cases in Britain – 2% of the population
ONS: An estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 6 December 2021. More...
UK: 600 babies born prematurely to mothers hospitalised by Covid
More than 600 babies have been born prematurely and needing critical care to mothers hospitalised by Covid-19 in the UK. More...
Denmark: Covid infection rate in children is 1,328 cases per 100,000
In Denmark, it is still the children and young people that the infection is highest in right now and at the same time at the highest level during the entire pandemic. More...
Israel: 150 children treated for long Covid in one clinic, hundreds more on waiting list
“What’s interesting, is that in some of the children, it really appears as a direct continuation of severe illness but in very many of the children, there is a severe illness, followed by a lull of several months and only then do the symptoms of long COVID begin,” says Ashkenazi-Hoffnung. More...
UK: start to pandemic “worst public health failure ever” – a failure that is still ongoing
“The UK’s failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country’s worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.
UK: Covid case rate in Kettering for 10-14 year olds is now 6,200 per 100K
The Covid case in Kettering for 10-14 year old schoolkids is now over 6,200 per 100k. More...
Multi-organ damage in low-risk individuals with long Covid
Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of Covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple organs four months after initially being infected, a preprint study has suggested. More...
Israel: 56% of new Covid cases are in schoolchildren
“The majority of new Covid cases each day are among school-age children, most of whom are not vaccinated against COVID-19. More...