{"id":2949,"date":"2020-04-30T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2020-04-30T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T06:51:00","slug":"covid-19-complication-seen-children-rare-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/covid-19-complication-seen-children-rare-says\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 complication seen in children is &#8216;rare&#8217;, WHO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"outer-body\">\n<article class=\"art-body fck ui-rail\">\n<div id=\"content-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GENEVA &#8212; The \u201cvast majority\u201d of children with COVID-19 have mild cases and recover completely, but a small number in a few countries have developed a rare inflammatory syndrome, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Seemore:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a 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https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200226_151104_341614_khautrang.max-800x800-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease in infants who are arriving in hospital with high fever and swollen arteries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three U.S. children infected with the virus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has raised concerns in Britain, Italy and Spain, a specialist treating them told\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to emphasize, for all the parents out there, the vast, vast majority of children who get COVID will have mild symptoms and recover completely,\u201d Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO\u2019s top emergencies expert, told a virtual news conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ryan declined comment on reports that Gilead Science\u2019s antiviral drug remdesivir could help treat COVID-19, saying further data was needed from clinical trials already under way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut we are hopeful this drug and others may prove to be helpful in treating COVID-19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 3.11 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus around the world, and more than 216,000 have died, according to a\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0tally on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Clinicians on alert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until now, children have largely escaped some of the more serious complications of COVID-19, which has hit older adults and those with chronic conditions hardest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WHO\u2019s clinical network has discussed the report from Britain about a small number of children with an inflammatory response, WHO epidemiologist Dr. Maria van Kerkhove said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere are some recent rare descriptions of children in some European countries that have had this inflammatory syndrome, which is similar to Kawasaki syndrome, but it seems to be very rare,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have asked the global network of clinicians to be alert on this so they capture information systematically, so we can better understand and guide treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ryan, asked about Sweden\u2019s strategy of shunning lockdowns and allowing most schools and businesses to remain open, said: \u201cIf we are to reach a \u2018new normal\u2019, in many ways Sweden represents a future model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat it has done differently is that it really, really has trusted its own communities to implement that physical distancing,\u201d he said, adding that Sweden had put in place a \u201cvery strong public health policy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the agency\u2019s record in handling the pandemic since the new virus emerged late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Geneva-based U.N. body has been heavily criticised in recent weeks, especially by its top donor, the United States, which has cut off funding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tedros presented a timeline of what the agency knew when in the lead-up to declaring COVID-19 a global emergency on Jan. 30.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFrom the beginning, the WHO has acted quickly and decisively to respond to warn the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe sounded the alarm early, and we sounded it often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"right-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA &#8212; The \u201cvast majority\u201d of children with COVID-19 have mild cases and recover completely, but a small number in a few countries have developed a rare inflammatory syndrome, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. 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