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An additional 3.3 per cent reported that symptoms such as loss of taste and smell, cough, and difficulty breathing persisted for longer than 12 weeks. Further, of those who reported symptoms past 12 weeks, the unvaccinated and obese children had a higher chance of developing long Covid, revealed the the study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.