(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New York State unknown disease kills 3 children or is associated with New Coronavirus
China News Agency, New York, May 9 (New York State) New York State has recently seen an unknown disease that doctors call "pediatric multisystem inflammation syndrome." New York Governor Andrew Como said on the 9th that three children in the state had died from this unknown disease, and medical staff suspected that the syndrome was related to the new coronavirus.
During a press conference in New York City that day, Como said that New York State hospitals have reported at least 73 children with the syndrome and 3 deaths. Most of the children are young children or primary school-age children. The symptoms are similar to Kawasaki disease, including rash, fever, and vascular inflammation. Kawasaki disease is a rare disease, and statistics show that there are fewer than 20,000 cases in the United States each year.
Como said that New York State is working with the US Centers for Disease Control, New York Gene Center, Rockefeller University and other institutions to analyze this new syndrome. Most of the children found that the new coronavirus was positive or carried viral antibodies after the test, and the medical staff suspected that the disease was related to the new coronavirus. He did not disclose more details, saying that he will continue to release information to the public.
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported that the new syndrome was first discovered in 15 children in New York, who were hospitalized between April 17 and May 1. "The New York Times" said that before the emergence of this new syndrome, New York State had fewer than 4 children under the age of 10 who died of the new coronavirus. On May 8, two children died from the new syndrome; on the 9th, a third child died from the disease.
NBC said the new syndrome also appeared in New Jersey, near New York, and local doctors reported a significant increase in the number of children with similar symptoms recently.
Other indicators of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic show that the New York State epidemic continues to ease. Como said that on the 8th, there were 226 newly diagnosed deaths from New Coronary Pneumonia in New York State, which was less than 300 for the ninth consecutive day; 572 new Coronary Pneumonia patients were hospitalized, which was the first time since March 21 that it fell to 600 The total number of inpatients is 7,776, which has dropped to below 8,000 for the first time since March 28.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 333,000 people have been diagnosed with New Coronavirus infection in New York State, with more than 26,000 deaths and more than 56,000 recovered. (Million)