A nine-year-old boy has died in France from a Kawasaki-like disease believed to be linked to coronavirus, his doctor said on Friday, the first such confirmed death in the country as similar child fatalities are being investigated in New York and London.
The child died after a “neurological injury related to a cardiac arrest”, said Fabrice Michel, head of the paediatric intensive care unit at La Timone hospital in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille.
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The boy, who tested positive for coronavirus, received treatment at the hospital for seven days and died on Saturday, the doctor told AFP news agency.
Symptoms include a high fever, rashes, abdominal pain, conjunctivitis and a red or swollen tongue.
In the last three weeks, several countries have reported cases of children affected by the inflammatory disease.
The Evelina London Children’s Hospital said on Wednesday that a 14-year-old boy with no underlying health conditions had died from the disease, and had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that three children in the state