Three minors die in New York of a mysterious disease that doctors associate with the coronavirus | Society

Three minors have died in New York State from what doctors believe to be a complication of the infection of the coronavirus, as reported on Saturday Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. The symptoms, which have been diagnosed in at least 73 other minors in the state, include inflammation in the blood vessels and heart problems, and resemble those of Kawasaki disease, which affects nearly 3,000 American children each year. , especially those under six years of age.

Cuomo explained that the three children, aged five and seven and a teenager, had tested positive for COVID-19 or its antibodies, but did not show the usual symptoms of the disease when they were hospitalized. There is no conclusive evidence that the virus was the cause of the mysterious syndrome that caused the deaths of the minors, residing in three different counties of the state (Westchester, Suffolk and New York City).

“The disease has claimed the lives of three young New Yorkers. This is new. This is in development, ”Cuomo said. “It’s the last thing we need now, with everything that’s going on, with all the anxiety we have, that parents have to worry about whether their little ones are infected.”

Until now, children have generally been spared covid-19, the disease that causes the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. They can catch the virus, although very often they are asymptomatic. But in other states of the country, and also in Europe, there have been minors admitted with the same symptoms as those that led to the hospitalization of the three deceased in New York. Cuomo asked parents to be vigilant for symptoms such as prolonged fever, severe abdominal pain, changes in skin color or rapid heartbeat in their children. The governor assured that state authorities are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to find out if the same disease has affected minors with the coronavirus before. “It is very possible that this has been going on for weeks and that it has not been diagnosed as related to covid,” Cuomo said.

New York is the State hardest hit by the pandemic. It concentrates more than 338,000 confirmed cases, almost a quarter of the country’s total, and more than 26,500 people have died from the coronavirus. The rate of new infections and deaths, however, has been decreasing in recent weeks, while new outbreaks emerge in a country where the pandemic has claimed more than 78,700 lives.

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