A 9-year-old child, suffering from symptoms of a form similar to Kawasaki disease described in young patients who have been in contact with the coronavirus, died, the first death of this type in France, we learned on Friday May 15 with his doctor.
The child, who died of "neurological damage related to cardiac arrest" , had "serology showing that he had been in contact" with the coronavirus, but had not developed the Covid-19 syndromes, said AFP Professor Fabrice Michel, head of the pediatric resuscitation department of La Timone in Marseille, confirming information from La Provence.