SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Uncommon In Children, Not Tied To More Severe Disease, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (3/29) reports that “fewer than 0.5% of children” had SARS-CoV-2 reinfection after a primary infection, “and reinfection was not associated with more severe disease, British researchers found.” According to the study findings published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, “reinfection rates were highest among adolescents ages 12 to 16 (0.49%), followed by children ages 5 to 11 (0.24%) and children younger than age 5 (0.18%).”