A teacher has shared a photo of his five-year-old daughter fighting for her life in hospital with Kawasaki disease just five weeks after she beat coronavirus. Piers Roberts, from Wakefield, Yorkshire, said his daughter Scarlett’s battle with the diseases was a warning to the government against reopening schools, after Boris Johnson announced some would be … Read more
By Joe Pinkstone for MailOnline, 14 May 2020 Scientists have found the first clear evidence that infection with coronavirus causes the Kawasaki-like inflammatory condition affecting children. A study of eight children admitted to a Birmingham hospital with the condition reveals they were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus several weeks before showing symptoms. All of the … Read more
Heartbreaking photos have been released of a six-month old infant in the Bay Area, who is believed to be the first recorded case of a US child with coronavirus and a rare inflammatory condition. Baby Zara was getting ready to be discharged from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, where she’d been getting treated for … Read more
Children could be at risk of suffering deadly heart damage if Kawasaki disease is misdiagnosed as coronavirus, top medics fear. NHS chiefs have warned of a spike in youngsters with an ‘inflammatory syndrome’, which has left a dozen critically-ill in intensive care. Health officials fear it is a complication of COVID-19 and say it has … Read more