COVID-19’s Indirect Implications on Children Are ‘Long-Lasting’: Expert

Researchers have found that having children at home is linked to improved mental health for their parents amid COVID-19 pandemic measures. Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock

Research conducted by the University of Melbourne and The Royal Children’s Hospital has noted that the indirect impacts of COVID-19 potentially can have “broad, long-lasting implications for children.”

Although children generally have low health consequences in matters of the pandemic, the restrictions implemented to control the disease can have indirect effects in the long term.