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Fatigue, headache and fever are the most common symptoms of coronavirus in children, with few developing a cough or losing their sense of taste or smell, researchers have found, adding to calls for age-specific symptom checklists.The NHS lists three symptoms as signs of Covid-19 in adults and children: a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, and a loss or change in the sense of smell or taste.However, the team behind the Covid symptom study app say new data shows that the disease presents differently in children compared with adults. We need to start to telling people what are the key symptoms at different ages rather than this blanket obsession with fever, cough and lack of smell, said Prof Tim Spector, of King <a href=Link botella</a> s College London, who led the work.The teams latest findings are based on reports of symptoms among 198 children who tested positive for the disease out of almost 16,000 tested. Crucially, the team note, parents could have tested their children at the same time as they themselves took a test, meaning the children could have been tested even if they had no symptoms.While a third of the children who tested positive showed no symptoms ?adding weight to other work showi <a href=Link tumbler</a> ng many infections are asymptomatic ?the team say those who did showed a different set of symptoms than adults.Covid symptoms: diarrhoea and vomiting may be key sign of coronavirus in children ?studyRead moreMore than half of the Covid-positive children with <a href=Link bottles</a> symptoms ?55% ?had fatigue, while 54% h Hzxu Post Office pays 250m to law firms in relation to Horizon IT scandal
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