Simple Summary – COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents in Europe: A Multinational, Multicentre Cohort Study

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Link to the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32593339/

This a Europe based study where pediatric data was gathered across 25 different countries. Using PCR, they identified 582 children with COVID-19 of which they found that a large majority had mild disease. However, 4% were symptomatic and 0.69% died.

TL;DR COVID-19 is a mild in children but a small part are at risk 0.69% mortality in this study.

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