According to a study conducted in the UK, Delta variant of coronavirus does not seem to result in more severe disease among children compared to earlier versions of the virus.

Investigators assessed two groups of school-age children with COVID-19. Of these, 694 were infected with the Alpha variant from late December 2020 through early May 2021, while 706 had an infection with Delta between late May and early July. Posted on medRxiv, the study showed that children infected with Delta variant had slightly more symptoms. However, very few children needed hospitalization in both the groups, and long periods of illness were infrequent. Additionally, in both the groups, about half of the children were ill for not more than five days.

The study is yet to be peer-reviewed… (Reuters, October 9, 2021)