(CNN) Doctors in Italy have become the latest to raise the alarm over a worrying spike in children getting sick with a rare but serious inflammatory syndrome they say is tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors in the United States are investigating cases of the syndrome in at least 150 children, most of them in New York. The syndrome, now frequently referred to as "multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children," resembles another childhood condition known as Kawasaki disease which typically affects children under the age of five. While the new syndrome also involves inflammation, infectious disease experts say it is different from Kawasaki disease. It's a rare condition, but rare consequences of viral infections are seen more often when millions of people are infected.

Source: CNN May 14, 2020 13:07 UTC