Fifty-two children have been diagnosed with an inflammatory syndrome linked to the coronavirus in New York City, while another 10 are awaiting results, authorities reported Tuesday.
Of those 62 children in total, 25 have coronavirus and 22 carry antibodies against the virussaid Mayor Bill de Blasio. A minor passed away.
Other children, In both the United States and Europe, they have been hospitalized with the condition, known as infantile multisystemic inflammatory syndrome.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the state is helping develop uniform criteria for the diagnosis and treatment of the syndrome, at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
De Blasio urged parents to call the pediatrician if their children have symptoms such as fever, rash, abdominal pain and vomiting.
“It’s serious, just terrifying“Said De Blasio,” and I want to tell parents, if you are hearing this information about childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome and it sounds scary, yes, it is really scary. ”
The mayor announced that the first 535 people hired to follow up with coronavirus patients are being trained using the Johns Hopkins University method sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, with the goal of having 2,500 volunteers by the beginning of June.
In addition, some 1,200 hotel rooms are almost ready so that the patients can pass their quarantine, De Blasio said.
He added that 12 new coronavirus testing centers will be ready in the coming weeks, and that currently about 14 thousand tests are applied a day in the city. The goal is to have 50,000 tests per day in the coming months, he added.
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