when he i never think about he s going to be like that. reporter: his right arm so weak he can barely lift it. doctors at his dallas hospital concerned it s a symptom of enterovirus 68. back in late july, bryan went to the hospital with a cold and flu-like symptoms. he was sent home. just days later returning to the er. much worse this time. he s been admitted ever since. after testing positive for enterovirus, bryan and his family now waiting for test results to see if it s evd 68, that particular strain linked to four deaths and spreading around the country. doctors still probing the connection between the virus and those paralysis-like symptoms. but more and more states are now reporting a total of at least 28 cases. this michigan hospital alone treating seven children from infants to 7-year-olds. we re concerned these new cases of limb weakness or arm and leg weakness have to do with enterovirus.
and the death rate if someone gets ebola. we freak out a little bit when things like this happen. this is a first for the united states. someone here in the united states has been diagnosed with ebola. we ll keep an eye on this. another health emergency going on developing this morning. rising number of cases of paralysis links to this enterovirus 68. it s been hitting kids especially hard. that s bryan sotelo, an 11-year-old. he s been in a hospital in dallas as well since july. now too weak to even speak. barely able to move his right arm. doctors are testing to see if he has the same virus that s been linked to dozens of cases of paralysis across the country. there are different severities. some may affect one, two, three and four limbs. but the virus does stop on its own at some point. doctors say it s too early to know whether the children stricken with paralysis will get
but this is just, frankly, so new to us. this is scary. and the death rate if someone gets ebola. we freak out a little bit when things like this happen. this is a first for the united states. someone here in the united states has been diagnosed with ebola. we ll keep an eye on this. another health emergency going on developing this morning. rising number of cases of paralysis links to this enterovirus 68. it s been hitting kids especially hard. that s bryan sotelo, an 11-year-old. he s been in a hospital in dallas as well since july. now too weak to even speak. barely able to move his right arm. doctors are testing to see if he has the same virus that s been linked to dozens of cases of paralysis across the country. there are different severities. some may affect one, two, three and four limbs. but the virus does stop on its own at some point. doctors say it s too early to know whether the children stricken with paralysis will get
get expert advice to see if you are at risk. it s friday, october 3rd. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. i m t.j. holmes. alongside reena ninan. are you a high stress person? no, not usually. you seem fairly chill. i like working with you. i don t like high stress people. bad energy. it is. in the news industry i feel there are slightly heavy strung people. weird anomaly. but i hope you re not stressed out today. it s friday. we have to start on this friday with that mysterious virus that s targeting children. this enterovirus 68. the number is rising of cases of this paralysis also that could be linked to this virus. over the past 24 hours, the cdc took on cases from two more states, doubling the number of incidents they are investigating. abc s linsey davis has the story. reporter: just 11 years old, too weak to speak, bryan sotelo is fighting for his life.
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