The Woman Post | Carolina Rodríguez Monclou Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio tag. The Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (called PIMS) has multiple names such as hyperinflammatory syndrome, Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), and Kawasaki Disease. This syndrome complex is associated with COVID-19 and is present mainly in children. Children's Healthcare Canada created a webinar that provides an overview of the current epidemiology of COVID-19 with a focus on the newly defined PIMS. Here are some explanations that were given by the clinical presentation. Relationship between PIMS and COVID-19 When all started in late December 2019 early January 2020, when a large number of pneumonia cases were reported from Wuhan, China, coronavirus was identified as a causative agent. On April 7, 2020, the first case of a child with Kawasaki Disease co-infected COVID-19 was reported. However, it wasn't all until April 27 that the medical community was alarmed about this.