B.C. confirms first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child
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B.C. has recorded its first confirmed case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child after antibody testing showed evidence of COVID-19.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the child, who is under the age of five, has since recovered.
She made the announcement while reporting 142 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths at a briefing on Thursday.
Henry said 16 children have been investigated for the syndrome in B.C. so far, but until now, none had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The syndrome is associated mostly with children and symptoms include inflammation that can happen in the internal organs, eyes and skin after someone has been infected with COVID-19.
There are 1,494 active COVID-19 infections in B.C. The number of people in hospital has dropped by 10 to 74.
Two new confirmed cases were reported in the Island Health region, which now has 14 known active cases. None of the Island cases is in hospital.
Henry said a new cluster of the illness has been detected at the FedEx office near the airport in Kelowna, but that there is no risk to the public.
She is also urging everyone to get the flu vaccine this year and said the optimal time to be immunized is in the coming weeks.
B.C. has reported 11,034 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far. Of those, 9,257 people have recovered.
There are more than 3,680 people under public health surveillance across the province after exposure to a known case.
— With a file from the Times Colonist