Hong Kong is currently experiencing its fifth wave of a COVID-19 outbreak. About 150,000 children and young people aged 19 and below are infected with the disease, some of whom have developed severe symptoms.
Furthermore, a study by Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong found that nearly 300 children developed long COVID or post-COVID conditions. A young girl reportedly experienced temporary blindness and hair loss.
Long COVID or post-COVID conditions (PCC) refer to the situation in which individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 experience long-term effects from their infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some of its other names include long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID-19, post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection (PASC), long-term effects of COVID, and chronic COVID….