One in seven Covid-positive children have symptoms 15 weeks on, study finds

Up to one in seven children who get Covid might have symptoms linked to the virus 15 weeks later, according to new research (Gareth Fuller/PA)

As many as one in seven children who get coronavirus could have symptoms almost four months later, according to the world’s largest study on long Covid in children.

People who tested positive were twice as likely to report three or more symptoms 15 weeks later than those who tested negative, research led by University College London and Public Health England found.