Child with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease in Europe: Correlation study with new corona 6:26 on April 30

In European countries, children with symptoms similar to "Kawasaki disease" in which blood vessels in the whole body are inflamed have been confirmed one after another, and some cases of new coronavirus infection have also been reported. European countries have begun to conduct expert research on the relationship between these symptoms and the new coronavirus.

In recent weeks, the British health authorities have been increasing the number of children who have symptoms similar to “Kawasaki disease”, which is a common disease in infants in the UK, in which systemic blood vessels are inflamed, but a few cases are sent to hospitals. I am supposed to. Some children have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

Similar reports have been published in countries such as Spain and Belgium.Of these, in France, about 15 cases have been reported since the middle of this month, and it is confirmed that some of the patients are infected with the novel coronavirus. It has been.

France's health minister Belin said yesterday, "We take it very seriously. It is time to conduct medical and scientific investigations," and experts from various European countries collaborate to investigate the relationship with the new coronavirus. Revealed that I started.

WHO = World Health Organization Technical Director Bankerkov said at a press conference on the 29th, "It seems like a very rare case, but some European countries have reported symptoms like" Kawasaki disease ". We are asking countries to keep an eye on the situation. "