Study: Kids with COVID but no symptoms play key role in household spread.
A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute significantly to household transmission.
"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–positive children"
"The fact that approximately 1 in 13 asymptomatically infected children developed PCC [post-COVID condition, or long COVID] is concerning and requires further investigation"