After children in Safed are diagnosed with new strain, group says there is no time to waste in getting the IPV vaccine shots into the arms of Israel's 175,000 unvaccinated
Three-year-old Eran might look like a picture of health, but two months ago it was a very different story. One month after recovering from a mild case of Covid, his mother Sara Bittan found herself rushing him to an Israeli emergency room. "He had a terrible rash, all over his body, swollen eyes, red eyes. He was very weak. He didn't have an appetite. He didn't eat for a few days. He was crying a lot. He had pains in his legs, stomach pains. He couldn't go to the toilet. I mean he didn't go to the toilet for a few days. He suffered a lot and all the tests they did for him. It was terrible." Eran was eventually diagnosed with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, also known as PIMS, and was hospitalized for a week. It also goes by the acronym MIS-C. Eran has since fully recovered. While cases of severe illness and death from Covid-19 remain far more rare in kids than adults, tens of thousands of children worldwide may still struggle with its effects
While cases of severe illness and death remain far more rare among pediatric patients than adults, tens of thousands of children may struggle with its effects.