Shanghai children’s study finds shorter Covid-19 fever, fewer symptoms


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A study of Covid-19 patients at a Shanghai children’s hospital found that vaccinated children were twice as likely as unvaccinated minors to show no symptoms. Young patients with Covid-19 also experienced fever for shorter periods than with flu. The study, at Fudan University’s children’s hospital, also suggests the city’s youngsters may have played an unwitting role in the widespread community transmission behind its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. The results, which covered 376 paediatric Covid-19 patients at the hospital in March, were published on the medRxiv website ahead of peer review. The children, aged from 11 days...