Children Diagnosed With New COVID-19 Variant Show New Symptom, Health Professionals Warn

A 5-year-old girl gets a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Nov. 8, 2021. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Medical professionals report that children diagnosed with the new Omicron subvariant of COVID-19, XBB.1.16, display conjunctivitis symptoms.

According to the Sun Sentinel, multiple health experts have reported children coming in with “itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes, not seen in earlier waves.”