the BBC: "We are finding that diarrhoea and vomiting is a symptom reported by some children and I think adding it to the list of known symptoms is worth considering." The Belfast trial saw around 1,000 kids - with an average age of 10 - blood tested to identify if they'd had the bug recently with 68 having antibodies with fever the most common in around a third, according to medRxiv figures.
Coughing was also a common trait, though less so than a fever, and smell and taste loss featured just six times - while around 50 percent of those who tested positive reported being asymptomatic.Thirteen kids said they'd had diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach aches.None of the 68 trial subjects had become seriously ill or needed to be taken to hospital.By.