In light of how many children could develop long Covid in the future, Doctor Gurdasani is surprised the topic isn’t being discussed more: “I don’t understand why more attention isn’t being paid to this.”
The growing long Covid crisis amongst children is yet another hammer blow to a generation of children who have been hit hard by the pandemic.
Not only has their education and social development been disrupted, but thousands have also become orphaned as a result of COVID-19.
According to an Imperial College dataset, over 12,000 children have been orphaned during the pandemic.