“We have not seen that young people suffer from coronavirus as much as older people. But in recent days, something has happened that our Department of Health is beginning to bother, ”he said during a press conference.
According to him, in New York, 15 cases of a systemic inflammatory response syndrome were detected in children in city hospitals.
At the same time, four children had a positive test for coronavirus infection and six others showed virus antibodies.
Blazil urged parents to carefully consider their children's health and call a doctor if they develop fever, rash, abdominal pain, or vomiting.
“Every day we learn more about how COVID-19 affects the body. This is a ferocious disease, ”he said.
In connection with the situation, the New York Department of Health instructed all healthcare providers to immediately report all patients with coronavirus under the age of 21 years.
Previously, the head of the 7th infectious boxed department of the Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 5 named after Filatova Tatyana Vishnevskaya noted that children who have concomitant diseases of the lungs, central nervous system or endocrinological disorders are seriously ill with the coronavirus.