Children under the age of 18 who are infected with Covid-19 can suffer from multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a critical condition that can occur when there is inflammation of internal organs, especially the heart, lungs, and brain.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (above) said from June 2020 to December 2021, a total of 174 cases of children under the age of 18 had suffered from MIS-C due to Covid-19 infection, namely children under the age of one involving 24 cases; children aged one to those under the age of five (38); five to those under the age of nine (64); nine to children under the age of 12 (36) and 12 and older (11)...