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UK Secretary of Health Matt Hancock is concerned about the increasing number of children admitted to the hospital with symptoms apparently related to the coronavirus. According to reports, the heads of the National Health Service (NHS) have written to doctors across the country to urgently refer children with stomach pain and heart problems to the hospital. More than a dozen seriously ill children have recently been admitted to the hospital and are receiving treatment in intensive care units.
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Media reports suggest that the majority of children admitted to the hospital have Kawasaki disease, a rare vascular disease that is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children under 18 in the UK. The condition reportedly came to light when dozens of children were admitted to intensive care units across the country displaying symptoms related to Kawasaki disease. The troubling part for health experts came when blood tests of these children showed similar inflammation seen in adult patients with COVID-19.
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UK Government Medical Director Professor Chris Whitty, speaking at a daily press conference, told reporters: “This is a very rare situation, but I think it is entirely plausible that it is caused by this virus, by less in some cases. ” Some children admitted to hospital with the rare condition reportedly tested negative for the coronavirus, but doctors suspect that tests simply did not detect the virus.
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Coronavirus outbreak
On April 26, the UK reported its lowest daily increase in coronavirus deaths in nearly four weeks. According to Worldometer data, the UK has registered more than 1.57,149 cases of coronavirus, of which more than 21,092 people have lost their lives. Currently there are 1.35,713 active cases, while 1,559 remain in critical condition. The number of deaths worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic has passed the 2,11,900 mark with more than 3 million people infected as of April 28.
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