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The ONS report said: “Primary school pupils with long Covid were significantly more likely to have a probable mental disorder than those without long Covid.”
Statistically this meant: “For primary school pupils, 111 percent of those who received a positive COVID-19 had a probable mental disorder and 7.2 percent of those who hadn’t received a positive test had a probable mental disorder.”
A similar trend was followed for secondary school pupils: “Years 7 to 13, 13.9 percent of those who received a positive COVID-19 test had a probable mental disorder”.
Overall, the ONS report concluded that: “Pupils who have experienced long Covid are more likely to have a probable mental disorder.”