the research team at new york's irving medical center says it has never seen so many extreme abnormal cases from the 1st known instance of coffee 19 nearly half a year ago in the chinese city of. medical scientists a still learning all the ways the virus can cause harm. welcome to this covered 19 special what's in berlin it's good to have you with us at their worst they can cause heart attacks and strokes blood clots are becoming a common complication with covered 19 cases scientists are trying to understand why specialists at hamburg's forensic medicine institute are examining the bodies of diseased coronavirus patients for clues. cause of death coronavirus. hamburg's forensic medicine institute has been in high gear since the outbreak of the pandemic. institut director klaus crucial and his team have performed almost 200 autopsies on covert 1000 victims more than any other german state that 1st disease control agency the robert costa institute advised against the exams saying it would endanger medical scientists something personal pushback against. best it was once we know that aero

let's bring in a doctoru a primary care pediatrician at columbia university irving medical center.k you for being here. governor cuomo has been talking about this. he said 120 cases of kids in new york have broken out with this worrisome severe inflammatory syndrome and they're trying to figure out if it's the tip of the iceberg. you and i are both in new york. i don't want to be too new york centric, but is there spay sense that across the country other doctors are seeing this strange syndrome in children? >> yes. good morning, alisyn. it's good to be with you. as you mentioned, cases here in new york are increasing. i think here in new york, we've seen a lot more infections than other parts of country have seen. when you see more infections, you happen to see more of the rare complications of the virus. but there are reports in other states. there are starting to investigate this. the cdc put out an alert asking all of us across the country to report these cases so we have a better understanding of what exactly which children develop it? >> does coronavirus, if that's what it is,

the research team at new york's irving medical center says it has never seen so many extreme abnormal cases from the 1st known instance of cough in 1000 nearly half a year ago.