Children, COVID19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome – The What’s What Parents around the world, including Sri Lanka, have been concerned about Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome or

Since May 1st, over 300,000 cases of COVID-19 been diagnosed in Sri Lanka. We are mostly familiar with the short term symptoms of the disease (e.g. fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose to name a few). Most have recovered but ca. 8,700 persons have died at the time of writing.

As of 9th August 2021, 45,000 children have contracted COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, with around 20,000 under 10 years of age. Some children have had