GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Saturday, May 9 State Taking Lead In Fighting Illness Attacking Children NEW YORK CITY – Governor Cuomo today announced that at the request of the CDC, the state is taking the lead in developing ways to identify and respond to a Kawasaki-disease-like syndrome that so far has killed three New York children. The State Department of Health is also partnering with the New York Genome Center and Rockefeller University to conduct a genome and RNA sequencing study to better…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 8 Syndrome, Possibly Related To COVID-19, Striking NY Children 73 Infected; 5-Year-Old In New York City Dies POUGHKEEPSIE – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo today announced Kawasaki disease, which may be related to COVID-19, has stricken 73 children in the state, and is responsible for a 5-year-old boy’s death yesterday in New York City. The state Department of Health is investigating several cases where children are experiencing a toxic-shock-like syndrome possibly due to COVID-19, and is…