Coronavirus linked to rare inflammatory disease in children – here’s what we know

Medical expert on whether there is a link between rare illness and Covid-19

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Jeremy Rossman, honorary senior lecturer in virology and president of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent, on the rare disease in children that could have a coronavirus-link.

The UK Paediatric Intensive Care Society sent out an alert on April 27 about an increase in cases of severe Covid-19-related illness in children. Since then, 19 cases have been identified in children in the UK and 100 cases have been identified in five other countries (US, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland). This is a new situation and only minimal information is available at present, though there are very few cases and the vast majority of Covid-19 infections in children are still very mild.

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