AN URGENT alert has been issued to doctors and medical staff after concerns a 'serious coronavirus-related syndrome' could be emerging in children.
The alert which has been seen by the Health Service Journal says that there has been a rise in children 'of all ages' presenting a 'multi-system inflammatory state' and a small number have needed intensive care.
It says: “There is a growing concern that a [covid-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK, or that there may be another, as yet unidentified, infectious pathogen associated with these cases.”
The Health Journal reported that not much was known about the issue or how widespread it had been but the number of children it has affected is likely to be small, according to paediatric sources.
Coronavirus is still considered to be less dangerous for younger members of the population.
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