Threat of ‘long Covid' in children looms large in Indonesia

Children play in an alley of a densely populated area in Tanah Tinggi, Jakarta, on July 23, 2021. Many of the capital’s densely populated areas are hot spots for Covid-19 transmission. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, March 5 (Jakarta Post/ANN): After two years of living through Covid-19, little is still known in Indonesia about how to address the lingering effects of the coronavirus on survivors, long after they test negative for the infection.

But now there are concerns that the “long Covid” phenomenon could start affecting children, potentially complicating the recovery of the younger generation in a pandemic that has already cost them their education.