Association of COVID-19 coronavirus and Kawasaki syndrome like features in 1-5 years old children

In the nightmare of the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading around the world, parents could take comfort in one thing early reports that the virus mysteriously spares children, even though this often leads to critical illness in older people. An article published in the Journal “Pediatrics”, based on 2,143 young people in China, provides the most comprehensive evidence of the spread of the virus among children, and there is bad news and good news [1]. The study confirms that coronavirus infections in children are generally less severe, with more than 90 percent having mild to moderate disease or even being asymptomatic and have more transmitter function for elder people.