The discovery of a potential link between an inflammatory condition in children and coronavirus has important implications for developing an effective vaccine, Australian scientists say.
Key points:
- An urgent alert in Britain warned doctors of the Kawasaki disease-like condition in children
- Some children with the condition also had COVID-19, but a definitive link has not been confirmed
- There is evidence some COVID-19 patients deteriorate after a week because of the disease’s effect on blood vessels
British health authorities reported as many as 12 children, some of whom tested positive to COVID-19, were seriously ill in hospital with severe inflammation in the body.
It prompted Britain’s National Health Service to issue an alert warning that the condition could be related to COVID-19 in children,