Israeli survey finds about 1 in 10 kids have lingering Covid symptoms

About one in 10 children in Israel had symptoms that remained after recovering from Covid-19, though that number dropped by more than half as the months passed, a Health Ministry survey showed on Monday.

Severe illness from the novel coronavirus is most common among adults, but there is a lack of data on the virus' impact on youths, who are far less prone to serious complications, the ministry said.

It carried out a phone survey in June among 13,834 parents of children aged 3-18 who had recovered from Covid-19, asking if their kids had...