CHILDREN may have died due to a mysterious new “coronavirus-related” condition, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.
At least a dozen youngsters have reportedly ended up in intensive care with a life-threatening inflammatory syndrome, similar to toxic shock syndrome .
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According to the Guardian
, at least one child had to be put an aggressive form of life support after their heart and lungs started to fail.
While the other children admitted to intensive care also needed treatment for heart inflammation.
NHS bosses were so concerned that they sent an urgent alert to doctors at the weekend warning of a rise in cases in recent weeks.
But the Health Secretary has today admitted “we have lost some children” to a disease “we think is caused by the coronavirus”.
Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Hancock said: “We put out at the weekend a call across the NHS because some cases of this had been identified and then this call essentially says to doctors in other parts of the country ‘have you seen this condition? ‘ and then they collate the information and find out what’s going on.
“We have lost some children,” he said, adding: “There are some children who have died who did not have underlying health conditions.”
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