Hello 

Thank you for your continued interest and support.

This is your Sunday update. 

Overview of what's new this week.

• LCK Founder Sammie spoke to BBC Radio Solent listen from 1.08.
• LCK Co-Founder Frances Simpson spoke to BBC Look North listen from 15mins.
• 60% increase of traffic to our website since we added translations.
• Infections in children going up. Christina Pagel; UCL Prof of Operational Research
• Positivity is highest among 0-9 yr olds, and secondary school age groups. Dr Deepti Gurdasani
• LCK support group has grown to 2200 children, continuing at around 100 per week. We still do not have a single recovery story. 
• Many children with Long Covid have started to relapse since they returned to school full or part-time.

If you have any questions please do reach out to our team who will be pleased to assist.

LCK Team 💚

POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNING - Our 'One Year On' Scrapbook. A view of the symptoms families are living with every day.

LONG COVID IN CHILDREN: WHAT PARENTS & TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW

Research on long COVID in adults has revealed a long list of symptoms. Early evidence suggests that many of these are also shared by children. In the Italian preprint, symptoms often found in adults – such as fatigue, muscle and joint pain, headache, insomnia, respiratory problems and heart palpitations – were reported frequently in children. 

A separate, larger preprint – which surveyed the parents of children with long COVID, predominantly in the UK and US – found similar results. Across a sample of 510 children, tiredness and weakness (87%), headaches (79%), abdominal pain (76%) and muscle and joint pain (61%) were common. Gastrointestinal symptoms were also reported relatively frequently, as were skin complaints such as rashes.

The pandemic has affected children and young people in many ways. Some have missed a year of school. Children’s mental wellbeing has also suffered, and a reduction in physical activity and fitness is a health risk too. Importantly, children and young people are reported to be fearful about their future. If long COVID is added to this mix, the challenges are immense.

NEW AIRBORNE & VENTILATION SLIDE

TRAILBLAZING USE OF LIGHT TO KILL VIRUSES GIVEN UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Use of a new type of ultraviolet light to safely kill airborne viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has come a step closer to reality with £296,000 of new government funding for a project led by the University of St Andrews to investigate its safety and efficacy.

If the project is successful this new type of ultraviolet light could be safely used to significantly reduce the risk of person-to-person indoor transmission of Covid-19, as well as other diseases such as influenza.

Lord Bethell, Health Minister at the UK Department of Health and Social Care, said:

“I am delighted that we are funding this trailblazing study by the University of St Andrews.

“This could give us a brand new weapon in our fight against Covid-19, harnessing the unique power of ultraviolet light to help eliminate the risk posed by this dreadful virus"

THINK LONG COVID 

Not all families will know that their children had COVID-19 as many children are asymptomatic or atypical and there has never been a clear awareness campaign. Regardless of the severity of inital COVID-19 infection, children can experience

Long COVID and Paediatric Inflammatory Multi-System Syndrome (PIMs)

NEWS ON SCHOOLS

"Infections in all school-age children going up"

Christina Pagel; UCL Prof of Operational Research

"Positivity is highest among 0-9 yr olds and secondary school age groups"

Dr. Deepti Gurdasani Senior Lecturer @QMUL Epidemiology

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