ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two young children and a teenager have now died in New York state from a possible complication from the coronavirus involving swollen blood vessels and heart problems, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
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At least 73 children in New York have been diagnosed with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease — a rare inflammatory condition in children — and toxic shock syndrome. Most of them are toddlers and elementary-age children.
Cuomo announced two more deaths a day after discussing the death of a 5-year-old boy Thursday at a New York City hospital. A 7-year old in Westchester County and a teenager in Suffolk County on Long Island also died. There is no proof that the virus causes the mysterious syndrome.
Cuomo said children had tested positive for COVID-19 or the antibodies but did not show the common symptoms of the virus when they were hospitalized.
“This is the last thing that we need at this time, with all that is going on, with all the anxiety we have, now for parents to have to worry about whether or not their youngster was infected,” Cuomo said at his daily briefing.
New York is helping develop national criteria for identifying and responding to the syndrome at the request of the Centers for Disease Control, Cuomo said.
Children elsewhere in the U.S. have also been hospitalized with the condition, which was also seen in Europe.
Doctors still believe that most children with COVID-19 develop only mild illness.
At least 3,000 U.S. children are diagnosed with Kawasaki disease each year. It is most common in children younger than 6 and in boys.
Symptoms include prolonged fever, severe abdominal pain and trouble breathing.
Big word, possibly
My children get it all the time . There is no proof yet that it’s linked to covid and it’s still very small in comparison to 4.6m kids in nys . I hate to say this but more kids will die from no structure and being idile all summer long . Every single summer we see terrible accidents . Having no camp or zero structure will magnify it .
We need grassroots and strong advocates to stop this madness once and for all . We need camps and day cars for kids . Schools are a lost cause already . Let’s fight for camps
I am not even touching upon the need to develop kids when young ( camps do that in a way more then school ) Nor did I even bring up the need for parents to work and provide sustainability to their family. Of course the huge money tree makes everyone content. But it won’t last forever
This is another attempt to keep us home to destroy the economy I want to know how many children die from this on a regular day and then we could compare the numbers and did these children have another medical condition