According to the study, gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by children initially could serve as clues to a possible coronavirus infection via the digestive tract
During the study, the researchers also found that certain symptoms such as anosmia — the loss of smell and taste — are more characteristic of the coronavirus infection
According to a Unicef analysis, some 77 percent of children under the age of 18 are living in the 132 countries with some form of movement restrictions in place due to the pandemic
The study found a 41 percent reduction in cancers that were fatal within 10 years and a 25 percent reduction in the incidence of breast cancer in women part of the screening