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Method: In the period of March 2020\u2013February 2022, data were obtained from 495 children suspected to have been infected with COVID-19 (from a larger register of 5634 patients) from the Diseases Surveillance and Infection Control Department at the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Aden, Yemen. Results: Overall, 21.4% of the children with confirmed COVID-19 infection were asymptomatic. Fever (71.4%) and cough (67.1%) were the most frequently reported symptoms among children, and children were less likely to have fever (p &lt; 0.001), sore throat (p &lt; 0.001) and cough (p &lt; 0.001) compared to adults. A lower frequency of COVID-19-associated symptoms was reported among children with positive RT-PCR tests compared to children with negative tests. A lower rate of testing was conducted among children (25%) compared to adults (61%). Fewer tests were carried out among children &lt;5 years (11%) compared to other age groups (p &lt; 0.001), for children from other nationalities (4%) compared to Yemeni children (p &lt; 0.001) and for girls (21%) compared to boys (30%) (p\u00a0&lt; 0.031). 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