Doctors in Ireland have been warned to be on the lookout for an inflammatory syndrome affecting children that could be linked to Covid-19.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has told doctors to be on alert after the European Centre for Disease Control issued a caution.
It says that 230 suspected cases of the disease have been reported in various countries in Europe, with two children tragically passing away.
Symptoms for the rare paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome include abdominal pain, fever and cardiac issues.
The disease is a mix of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome, RTE reports.
A link with Covid-19 has not yet been confirmed, but the World Health Organisation said it is studying to see if there is a connection between the two, which it believes is plausible.
To date, there have been seven suspected cases of the syndrome in Ireland.
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