Six-month-old baby critical due to post-Covid symptoms

• Published date: 07 October 2021
• Author: ROSSELLA TERCATIN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

While young children rarely develop a serious form of the disease, they often suffer from prolonged consequences.

Last month, a Health Ministry survey showed that about 11% of children had symptoms that remained after recovering from COVID-19.

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The survey was conducted among 13,834 parents of children aged 3-18 who had recovered from COVID-19.

According to a list by the US Centers for Disease Control, the symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, coughing, joint pain and chest pain, difficulty concentrating (brain fog), depression, headaches, intermittent fever and heart palpitations.

More serious long-term effects, which are currently being explored, can include inflammation of the heart muscle, lung abnormalities, kidney injury, rashes and hair loss, neurological issues such as smell and taste problems, insomnia and psychiatric issues, including depression, anxiety and changes in mood.

"This case is a painful reminder of the damage the coronavirus can cause," Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital at Sheba Dr. Itai Pessach, as quoted in The Jerusalem Post's sister publication Maariv.

"It is very important that we go out and get vaccinated to protect ourselves, and those who cannot get vaccinated," he added. "Despite the baby's difficult situation, we are optimistic and are doing our best to give her the best and most dedicated care."

While morbidity in the country is decreasing, the number of COVID patients on ECMO machines in Israel reached an all-time record on Thursday – 58 people. Some 90% of them are not vaccinated, 5% are in the process of being vaccinated, and 5% are vaccinated without a booster.

Also most of Israel's serious patients were unvaccinated. On Thursday, the number stood at 475; two weeks earlier there were 731.

Some 2,369 cases were registered on Wednesday, with 2.3% of the 110,000 people screened testing positive.

The country currently has some 33,000 active cases, down from over 80,000 at the peak of the fourth wave.

In light of the encouraging data, in the coming days the Green Pass...