This study evaluates the frequency of acute respiratory and febrile presentations during the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic in childhood asthma. Data from the multinational PeARL cohort reveal improved health and asthma activity during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic, probably attributed to decreased exposure to asthma triggers and increased treatment adherence. During that period, children with asthma experienced fewer URTIs, episodes of pyrexia, emergency visits, hospital admissions, asthma attacks, and hospitalizations due to asthma, in comparison to the preceding year.

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