Health officials in Britain warn that a potential new coronavirus-related syndrome is emerging in children, with a rise in cases prompting an urgent alert to doctors across the country.
Abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiac inflammation have been common features among seriously ill children over recent weeks. Some have had to be treated in intensive care units.
NHS England national medical director Stephen Powis has asked NHS England's national clinical director for children and young people to investigate "as a matter of urgency" whether there was a link with the coronavirus outbreak. "It remains the case that the great majority of children either don't get coronavirus or if they do, the symptoms are minor," Whitty said. "That doesn't mean sadly that is absolutely true: there are still a small number of cases, including some very severe cases. But they are much less than adults."
"Is it different for example, between young children and older children, which it may be. But unfortunately we do not yet have direct data that really helps us, remembering this is a new disease."While I think it remains the case we think the contribution of children at school to the spread of this virus is probably less than for example the flu, we do think it certainly contributes.
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