According to the study by researchers from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, four children died out of five hundred eighty two – two of whom had underlying health conditions.
The children, aged from three days up to 18 years, lived in twenty five European countries.
Symptoms were generally mild and some who tested positive had no symptoms at all.
But about one in ten children needed intensive care.
Doctors say the study is “reassuring but more needs to be discovered about the best treatment options for children who do develop severe disease.
