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NewsColony Rare illness linked to COVID-19 found in children By Tom Livingstone 08 May 2020 23:07 A rare inflammatory illness could be linked to coronavirus in children, with dozens of cases reported in the US. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed a five-year-old boy had died from the rare condition which exhibits similar symptoms to Kawasaki disease. The boy died from a toxic shock-like syndrome after he was admitted to hospital with respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. Dozens of children are showing toxic shock-like symptoms after contracting COVID-19 “While rare, we are seeing some cases where children affected with the COVID-19 virus can become ill with symptoms similar to the Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome that literally causes inflammation in their blood vessels,” Governor Cuomo said. Cases of children presenting similar symptoms after exposure to COVID-19 were first reported in Britain, Italy and Spain, and now doctors in the US are...