A new life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 has affected 230 children in Europe and killed two so far this year, a regional health body said on Friday, as medics worldwide were told to be on alert.
FILE PHOTO - A face mask is seen on the ground in Sherington, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , Sherington, Britain, May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
The condition, known as paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome , shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease including fever, rashes, swollen glands and, in severe cases, heart inflammation. The children also showed at least two of the following symptoms: rash or signs of inflammation around the mouth, hands or feet; shock or low blood pressure; heart problems; evidence of bleeding disorder; and acute gastrointestinal problems.
He was hospitalised on May 2 after scarlet fever had been diagnosed. Back home, he suffered from a severe heart ailment and was rushed back to Marseille’s Timone hospital’s intensive care unit, where he died. The risk of PIMS in children was currently considered low, as was the risk of them contracting COVID-19, the agency said.
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