Inflammatory syndrome in children recorded in Europe and North America on the background of the coronavirus pandemic, requires urgent attention of the international community. This was stated on Friday at a briefing in Geneva the Director General of the world health organization (who), Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus.
"In recent weeks there were reports from Europe and North America that a small number of children were placed in intensive care in the context of multi-system inflammation resembling some features of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome," he said. "According to preliminary hypothesis, this syndrome may be associated with the disease COVID-19", – said the head of the who.
There was a video with the new syndrome on the background of COVID-19
According to him, "it would be essential to urgently and thoroughly describe this clinical syndrome, to understand the causes and to describe the treatment". Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus added that "in conjunction with the global clinical network" who developed a common definition and template of the report for this disease.
As reported by Agence France-Presse, the first death of a child with symptoms similar to Kawasaki syndrome, recorded in France, where it was previously marked at least 15 cases of this disease. It is emphasized that some researchers have attributed the development of symptoms with infection with coronavirus, but accurate data on this subject do not, and the authorities consider such a conclusion premature.
The CBS may 7, noted that experts in new York have recorded in recent weeks at least 64 admissions to hospital of children with symptoms that may be associated with a novel coronavirus caused disease. In turn, British experts drew attention at the end of April for admissions to hospital of children with unusual symptoms potentially related COVID-19. They are characterized by systemic inflammation and are carefully studied by experts.
