The Covid vaccine caused a rare side effect of heart inflammation in children and teenagers, but this was outweighed by the risks of catching the virus itself.

Getting vaccinated led to a rise in the number of under-18s with heart inflammation, also called myocarditis, in the first two weeks, but numbers quickly dropped over the next few months, a study has found.

In teenagers and children who caught Covid, there were higher risks of myocarditis, blood clots and a rare whole-body inflammation syndrome for several months after the infection. New Feature

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The findings, from the largest study yet to investigate the question, support the approach of offering Covid vaccines to under-18s in the first two years of the pandemic.

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