LCK In The News

'Government advice to introduce measures to secure good ventilation in classrooms and protect children have been ignored by some Scots councils'

"More than 100,000 Britons under 25 have endured months of debilitating symptoms, while doctors struggle to help and others fail to take them seriously. Four young people describe what it’s like"

"Many people minimize the deaths and damage COVID-19 has wrought on children because it is “worse in adults”. While it is true that more adults suffer due to the disease, that does not make the harms done to children vanish in a puff of smoke."

"Many children can also experience lingering symptoms after getting COVID-19. But scientists are struggling for answers, so parents are banding together to find treatments and warn others of the risks...

Although Sammie McFarland was suffering similar symptoms herself and could barely get off the couch, she felt she had to do something. So eight months ago she created a Facebook group, Long Covid Kids, for parents to find one another; it has grown to more than 3,000 members. Last month the group spun off its American members into Long Covid Kids USA, headed by Melissa Lynch."

The clinical definition of long COVID in children is at present very limited and poorly understood by doctors, according to a new report published today. The report also found that symptoms typically associated with long COVID were having a significant physical and psychological impact on children’s day-to-day lives.