According to the British National Health Services (NHS), the main symptoms of COVID-19 in children are similar to symptoms faced by adults. The symptoms include: new or persistent cough and the loss or change in their sense of smell and taste. Apart from this, some may have symptoms of colds like sore throat, congestion or runny nose and cold fever.
However, one of the most important symptoms recorded in children is multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which causes severe inflammation in various organs of the body, including heart, lungs, blood vessels, kidneys, digestive system, brain, skin or eyes. . A COVID-positive child who develops a multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) may show different symptoms, ranging from high temperature, skin rash and abdominal pain to diarrhea to shortness of breath.