The following story contains images of feet in poor condition.

If your kid is complaining about itchy or burning feet, you might want to check their toes: Growing research into COVID-19 symptoms indicates COVID toes, which may resemble frostbite, might be an early sign of infection in children who seem otherwise healthy.

Painful red, purple or blue lesions on hands or toes have been noted among COVID-19 cases in younger populations, particularly children who were otherwise asymptomatic carriers in Italy and North America, infectious disease experts like Dr. Ebbing Lautenbach say. A small-scale study in Italy showed that up to 20 per cent of respondents had a skin condition and more research, including a crowdsourced database of skin conditions in COVID-19 patients , is in the works.