The cause: Kawasaki disease which affects children and could be linked to Covid-19. Gaël Perdriau has just written to the Prime Minister demanding the postponement of the “academic deconfinement” in the month of September.
The mayor of Saint-Étienne recalls that, according to a study published by the Swiss Medical Journal in 2018. “Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired cardiovascular disease in children since 80% of affected patients are less than 5 years old (…). ”
It also draws on the work of Doctor Sylvain Renolleau, head of the intensive care unit at Necker Hospital in Paris. The doctor said “clearly establishes, after conducting tests, a link between Kawasaki disease and Covid-19.
For Gaël Perdriau, “it clearly appears that the risk of spreading this disease places children, particularly the youngest, an additional risk which is very difficult for parents to accept. However, as we all know, school deconfinement poses all the more problems as the children are young and will experience real difficulties in respecting barrier actions and other standards imposed by the health situation. “
In conclusion, the president of Saint-Étienne Métropole demands “to consider postponing school deconfinement by pushing it back to September and to concentrate our collective efforts to effectively combat the risk of dropping out of school and the establishment of childcare systems for parents who must resume an activity professional”.
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