Doctors in the north of Italy, a location which has actually been amongst the worst affected by the international pandemic, have actually reported that they are seeing uncommonly big numbers of instances entailing children with what shows up to be Kawasaki condition, a disease much more frequently seen in Asia.

Kawasaki disease, as well as causing inflamed arteries and high fevers, is usually seen in youngsters under the age of 5 and also creates skin breakouts, and swelling of the glands.

According to the NHS stats, Kawasaki condition impacts around 8 out of every 100,000 kids in the UK in a regular year.

Hancock told LBC Radio: “There are some children who have died who didn’t have underlying health conditions.

“It’s a new disease that we think may be caused by coronavirus and the Covid-19 virus. We’re not 100 percent sure – because some of the people who got it hadn’t tested positive – so we’re doing a lot of research now but it is something that we’re worried about.

“It is rare – although it is very significant for those children who do get it, the number of cases is small.”

Kawasaki disease, as well as causing swollen arteries and high fevers, is often seen in children under the age of five and causes skin rashes, and swelling of the glands.

Some evidence suggests that individuals can be predisposed to the condition inherently, but it is not clear if that is indicative of a pattern.

Conservative MP Victoria Atkins said that parents should know the signs of the disease and be vigilant to it.

Speaking to Sky News, she said: “It demonstrates just how fast-moving this virus is and how unprecedented it is in its effect.”

Professor Anne Rafferty, the president of the Royal College of Nursing, added: “Actually, there’s far too little known about it and the numbers actually at the moment are really too small.

“But it is an alert, and it’s something that’s actually being explored and examined by a number of different researchers.”

Reports from the Spanish Paediatric Association on Monday (27 April) also show some children testing positive for Covid-19 have then developed gastrointestinal symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, but then developing within hours into shock tachycardia (accelerated heart beat) and hypotension (low blood pressure).

Most were in school age or teenage minors and sometimes overlapped with Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome.

According to the NHS statistics, Kawasaki disease affects around eight out of every 100,000 children in the UK in a normal year.