governor cuomo said the new york department of health is investigating how covid-19 impacts young people after hospitals reported that some children were diagnosed with an inflammatory illness. difficulties, a small portion of this briefing could not be shown.

but rest assured, the department of health is doing everything they can do. i think it is fair to say the new york state department of health is the first one that has been on this situation. and again, working with the cdc, and whatever we find out we will not really sure with the public but with other states another hospital systems. it is very possible this has been going on for several weeks and it has not been diagnosed as related to covid. again, we will keep you updated. i know many people are concerned about that, as they should be. a priority we have been working on throughout has been protecting our frontline workers. we are very aware of the sacrifices our front-line workers are making so many of us can stay home and stay safe. we want to make sure we are doing everything we can to protect our frontline workers. we have been working with health care workers, police officers, firefighters, e.m.t., and transit workers. in new york, we have to keep the public transit system operating. that is how many essential frontline workers get to work. if we got to a situation where we had to close d

take the person they take the person well that sparked a backlash as earlier in march the new york department of health released an advisory all nursing homes and which it was stated that they should not deny residents admission in case of confirmed 1000 infection and this controversial directive over 4500 patients recovering from corona virus was sent to new york nursing homes but according to the health department the real number could be far higher we talked to monica last former lawyer and former candidate for new york city council she says nursing homes shouldn't be blamed for following guidelines. you know i think this is probably one of the worst decisions made in this and. it's not rocket science i mean why would you say vulnerable seniors actually reverse an od where it's you know it's an environment where the disease are all higher you know why would you do that. you know so i think that something that you know makes . you know craig pretty chair and i think people want answers and. also it's really disingenuous because now you have 0 is claiming nursing homes. for following his own interacti

i q take the person they take the person that sparks a backlash as early in march the new york department of health released an advisory on nursing homes and which it was stated that they should not deny residents admission in case of confirmed 19 infection under this controversial directive over 4500 patients recovering from corona virus were sent to new york nursing homes but according to the health department the real number could be far higher we talked to money how last a lawyer and former candidate for new york city council she says nursing homes that shouldn't be blamed for following guidelines. you know i think this is really one of the worst decisions made in this and. it's not rocket science i mean why would you say an orrible seniors actually were nurses are where it's you know it's an environment where the disease are all higher you know why would you do that. you know so i think that. you know makes. you know very pretty chair and i. answer. it also it's really disingenuous because now you have lamey nursing homes are for following is an interactive you know if you're going to lose you

shocking and hard to digest, 5,398 covid-19 deaths reported in new york nursing homes as of may 12th from the new york department of healthor a second. you've seen pictures, you've seen video all across -- not just new york city, to be fair, from different shore points across the country, a lot of people getting outside, getting tired of staying in their homes, they want to get outside, they want to get fresh air, they want to give businesses support, a lot of the business that's might be on the verge right now of not being able to reopen ever again so that hopefully if they start getting this business they can reopen. what do these pictures tell you? >> look, i mean, effectively in new york and elsewhere, the lockdowns is shut down, the lockdown is over. people are getting out, getting about. my wife and i were hiking this weekend. we onl went out with friends, ha good time. this is a mentality from new york to elsewhere. the unfortunate thing is that businesses are not able to put money in their cash register and we have people like bill de blasio and andrew cuomo who don't see -- don't sense the same urgency that we sa

of it. new york state department of health is actively pursuing a new drug therapy, remdesivir has been showno have some positive effect and we're desperately looking for a treatment for this virus, so the cdc has started tests on this drug and new york state is working with hhs, health and human services on the federal side, administering it to 2900 people at 15 hospitals and we're looking for more doses to start with an additional 500 people. this week is may 15th, may 15th the pause order, the close down order expires. we're looking region to region across the state, as to where it would be appropriate to reopen. this state we have a clear uniform set of criteria, the same all across the state, it's all science based, all data based. arthel: governor cuomo of new york assessing a potential may 15th open date for the state of new york and for the city of manhattan. before that, the governor saying that you cannot discharge patients to nursing homes unless they test negative to the virus. this as those in the hospital field are looking for the next stop for covid patients once discharged and

the new york department of health is conducting its own review on admission and re-admission data, usinghey say to track the spread of covid-19 within these nursing homes and to determine if governor cuomo's order played a role in that spread. jake. >> a lot of angry grieving families in new york. drew griffin, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, we'll remember some of the 100,000 lives lost to coronavirus in the u.s., including a couple who was married for more than 60 years. is that i with us. it's only human to find inspiration in nature. and also find answers. our search to transform... ...farm waste into renewable natural gas led chevron to partner with california bioenergy. working to provide an alternative source of power... ...for a cleaner way forward. and let me tell you something, rodeo... i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take yo

new warning about kids and kovan 19 dozens of children falling ill across the country from a rare illness officials are calling pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome new york state department of health confirming at least 64 suspected cases in the state most of the children testing positive for corona virus or virus antibodies sparking new concern the 2 illnesses may be linked to that uncertainty that comes with it a disease that still is not fully understood by the global medical community. there's ease that we all wonder about in terms of our own personal lives the rare but serious injury which inflammation affects the heart and other organs can send the body into a state of shock common symptoms include fever rash abdominal pain vomiting and red or irritated eyes the illness leaving so many questions unanswered parents pay attention so when they see the symptoms reach out to their doctors early because the most important thing in this situation here again is not only diagnosing it early. and be appropriate treatment early this as new york officials reported an unexpected spike of nearly a 1000 deaths on wednesday following a change of reporting meantime many new york leaders unde

new york. today an urgent new warning about kids and coven 19 dozens of children falling ill across the country from a rare illness officials are calling pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome new york state department of health confirming at least 64 suspected cases in the state most of the children testing positive for corona virus or virus antibodies sparking new concern the 2 illnesses may be linked to that uncertainty. that comes with it a disease that still is not fully understood by the global medical community. a disease that we all wonder about in terms of our own personal lives the rare but serious injury which inflammation affects the heart and other organs can send the body into a state of shock common symptoms include fever rash abdominal pain vomiting and red or irritated eyes the illness leaving so many questions unanswered parents to pay attention so where do they see the symptoms to reach out to their doctors early because the most important thing in this situation here again is not only diagnosing it early in the appropriate treatment early this is new york officials reported an unexpected spike of nearly a 1000 deaths on wednesday following a change of reporting since the state normally upd

leave restructuretion home she is returned with the nurse and conducted by the state department of public health. new yorkte's tuberculosis case finding program is based on the fact that the control of tuberculosis depends on the prevention of spread of tuberculosis infection. this can be accomplished by segregation, treatment and education of the open cases and by finding the cases. tuberculosis is a family problem and the most fertile sorts is finding among close household contacts of those having the disease. early discovery of tuberculosis means early recovery. to that end, we must be devoted. it is not characterized by any special signs or symptoms. we should investigate other possible fertile sources for finding early cases. these men have been x-rayed. x-rayers are our most valuable ally in discovering the disease in the earliest stages. and these workers too have been x-rayed. these normal school students mostly young women at the age of greatest susceptible to pulmonary tuberculosis are x-rayed yearly until graduation. consecutive admissions to the hospitals are x-rayed. this patient had advanced

but rest assured, the department of health is doing everything that they can do. i think it's fair to say that the new yorkartment of health is the first one that has been on this situation. and again, working with the cdc and whatever we find out we'll not only share with the public but we'll also share with other states and other hospital systems, because it is very possible that this is been going on for several weeks and it hasn't been diagnosed as related to covid. so again, we'll keep you updated. i know many people are concerned about that, as they should be. priority that we've been working on throughout has been protecting our frontline workers. we're very aware of the sacrifices that the frontline workers are making so so many of us can stay home and stay safe. and we want to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect our frontline workers. we've been working with the health care workers, police officers, firefighters, emts and transit workers. we have to keep the transit system workers, that's how many workers get to work. if we had to close down public transit, our hospital system would

of all races. and it's not just in new york. the department of health sent an alert to 49 other states. dr.ucker has been leading this conversation nationwide. 14 other states are now investigating cases in their state for possible inflammatory disease for children related to covid. five european countries are now looking at this. because it happened after the fact and does not present as a normal covid case, it may not have been initially diagnosed as a covid case. covid cases are normally respirato respiratory. this is not predominantly respiratory. it's an inflammation of the blood vessels which could affect the hearted. it's more of a cardiac case than a respiratory case which is a new manifestation of the covid virus. department of health is very aggressive in doing the investigation and talking to other states, countries about what they may have learned, partnering with rockefeller university and the new york genome center to see if there's anything in the dna of these cases, but parents have to be aware of this. the predominant signs, fever, abdominal pain, skin rash. other symptoms,

the department of health is also going to be working with the new york genome and rna sequencing studysee if there's something about the children that may present a definable situation, but rest assured the department of health is on top of it. this is the last thing that we need at this time, with all that's going on, with all the anxiety we have, now for parents to have to worry about whether or not their youngster was infected, and again, symptoms that is don't even seem like the symptoms we associate with covid-19, so we still have a lot to learn about this virus, and every day is another eye-opening situation. rest assured the department of -- i think it's fair to say the new york department of health is the first one that's been on this situation. against working with the cdc, but we'll also share with other states and other hospital systems, because it is very possible that this is -- this has been going on for several weeks and it hasn't been diagnosed as related to covid. so again we'll keep you updated. i know many people are concerned about that, as they should be. a priorit

new york department of health is pursuing a new drug therapy. remdesivir has been shown to have some positive affect. we're desperately looking for a treatment for this virus. so the cdc has started tests on this drug and new york state is working with hhs, health and human services on the federal side, administering it to 2,900 people at 15 hospitals. we're looking for more doses to start with an additional 500 people. this week is may 15th. may 15th, the pause order, the close down order expires. we're looking region to region across the state as to where would be appropriate to reopen. this state we have a clear, uniform set of criteria. it's the same all across the state. it's all science based, it's all database based. we will see where it's safe to open. local governments should start to look at two things, citizens also. of those factors that we look at, many factors are just the rate of spread of the infection and they're just purely linked to the rate of spread of the infection. second set of factors looks to the capacity of local gover

i used to be -- this is commissioner of the new york city department of health. i can tell you, i have friends sitting there now who have to wait until these briefings to get basic information that should be shared with them. >> let's talk about this mental health component, as well. you know, the governor underscoring what many have forecast for a long time. you know, this is putting a strain on everyone in so many different ways. even the new york times today does a piece on front line workers, health care workers who are suffering from ptsd. how serious is this mental health component to coronavirus, in your view? >> well, you know, i have had to witness some of our coworkers, nurses, for example, who have had to be intubated and put on ventilators in the line of duty because they are putting themselves at risk in the work they're doing. we had, as we know, inadequate personal protective equipment early on. so that is very -- it's really traumatic. you're having to go back to the very places where you witnessed these things happening day after day after day. >

of the center for health and human rights at harvard university. you ran, doctor, a large one of the most agust and important public health organizations in the country in the new york city's department of health and i wonder how you're looking at this, these risk assessments and how policy makers send messages to people about this, about risk, about being clear eyed about it so that it gets through. >> well, one of the basic messages is of course, to give consistent messaging and that's been a catastrophe in the united states. there are so many people saying different things and now we're seeing the same thing happen with the conversation about reopening. >> there was a quote from a georgia resident that really struck with me. we have covered and you have written about, you had an op ed in the inequities and sort of effects of this disease particularly among african americans, among people have co-morbidities among the poor. and elderly. i saw this quote and it was hunting me. -- haunting me. there was a worry if you highlight these disparities that are real to highlight and talk about, some people get the message it's not coming from me. there is a georgia resident in the washingto

of all races. and it's not just in new york. the department of health sent an alert to 49 other states. dr.ucker has been leading this conversation nationwide. 14 other states are now investigating cases in their state for possible inflammatory disease for children related to covid. five european countries are now looking at this. because it happened after the fact and does not present as a normal covid case, it may not have been initially diagnosed as a covid case. covid cases are normally respiratory. this is not predominantly respiratory. it's an inflammation of the blood vessels which could affect the heart. it's more of a cardiac case than a respiratory case, which is a new manifestation of the covid virus. the department of health is being very aggressive in doing the investigation and also talking to other states, countries, about what they may have learned, partnering with rockefeller university and the new york genome center to see if there's anything in the dna of these cases. but parents have to be aware of this. the predominant signs, fever, abdominal pain, skin rash, other symp

of children. new york state department of health was the first to really investigate this.ore cases they found. last thursday there were seven countries that also investigated and found cases. there were 17 states that found cases, okay? this was last thursday. today there are 13 countries and 25 states. this is one of those situations where the more they look, i believe the more they're going to find. so when we're talking about schools, again, the facts have changed from the quote, unquote experts because there are no experts on this covid virus. i've learned that the hard way. children are not affected. well, now maybe children are affected, right? and when you're talking about schools, and you're talking about children, and you're talking about density, exploring the situation and making sure that this is not a widespread situation affecting children, they're not even sure the duration after the covid exposure that this might occur. because this is all a case of first impression. but this is a related issue that does affect children, and obviously it's something we're v

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of children. new york state department of health was one of the first to investigate this. more cases they found. last thursday there were seven countries that also investigated and found cases. there are 17 states that found cases. this was last thursday. today there are 13 countries and 25 states. this is one of those situations where the more they look, i believe the more they're going to find. so when we're talking about schools again, the facts have changed from the, quote, unquote, experts, because there are no experts on this covid virus. i've learned that the hard way. children are not affected, well, now children are affected. when you're talking about schools and talking about children and talking about density, exploring this situation and making sure that this is not a widespread situation affecting children. they're not even sure the duration after the covid exposure that this might occur. this is all a case of first impression. but this is a related issue that does affect children. and obviously it's something we're very concerned about. so the question was on

dying here in new york, doctors talked about it, just suddenly and they found it was because of a blood clot and then tested positive for covid. children, the new york state department of health has issued this advisory about a condition called pediatric multisyndrome inflammatory syndrome. we might have images of this that can help people understand what this is. but it looks look a red and white rash along your child's skin. similar to kawasaki disease. have you seen this condition? because they're saying it is associated covid in some children and i guess what do parents need to be looking out for? >> so as a parent myself this -- these reports gave me fear right up until now we said kids are relatively safe from covid-19. this report of around 15 kids in the new york city area with this new disease is scary. but it has not really been reported at this point out of the new york area. we have not seen it to my knowledge here in rhode island. and what should parents look out for? it should be seven days plus of fevers, your kid looking really sick, it is not just a rash. it is also dropping your blood pressure, also in some reports a change in mental status, being much more

there is a study done by the new york state department of health, along with the university at albany and they looked at 1,438 hospitalized patients in new york for a period of time in march. and what they found was that taking these drugs did not increase survival. but it did increase your risk of cardiac arrest. so in other words, they did not do any good, in fact, it did harm, more than doubled your risk of having cardiac arrest. >> more than doubled the risk. wow. elizabeth, thanks very much. that was a big study of more than 1400 patients. >>> in less than an hour, dr. anthony fauci is expected to issue a stark warning about -- to the senate panel about the risk of reopening states too soon. >> ryan young is in the suburb of columbus, ohio, a state that has seen its infection numbers rise as it eased social distancing guidelines. shimon prokupecz is in new york where parts of the state are preparing to open later this week. ryan, let's begin with you. ohio has taken a relatively conservative approach about reopening, but it is reopening. what are they seeing on the ground there?

health department. this is a function that's vested with health departments. new york city. the new york city health department is one ofders in the world in doing this work. and so when that call gets made, people are experts at understanding how to reach people. i liken it to almost social work, people trained in crisis counseling. purpose is inform people, help them understand what's going on with their health, how to navigate the health care system, what needs to be done to isolate if necessary, and to identify people that they've had sustained contact with. reason this is important to do within the health department is that there's laws, regs, specific rules about confidentiality, and of course we need to count what's going on around the country. health departments have this very well organized. i also want to dment on the fact that cultural competence, cultural humility, rather, is a very important function of what this work force does. we know covid disproportionately impacted african-americans and latinos. contact tracers need to come from those communities. our existing disease intervention specialist work forc

of three new yorkers. there's two additional deaths that are under investigation as possibly related to the same situation. the new york state department of health will notify all the other state department of health. every state has a state department of health. they will notify their counter parts in other states to put them on notice of this. it may be possible and probable this exists in other states and we want to make sure they are aware of it. new york is pursuing a new drug therapy. remdesivir is showing to have some positive effect. we're desperately looking for a treatment for this virus. the cdc has started tests on this drug and new york state is working with hhs, health and human services on the federal side, administering to 2900 people at 15 hospitals. this week is may 15th. the pause order expires. we're looking region to region across the state as to where would be appropriate to reopen. this state, we have a clear uniform set of criteria. it's the same all across the state. it's all science based. it's all databased. we'll look at those numbers. we'll look at those data points to see where it's safe to open. local governments s

. >> today the new york state department of health issued an advisory about paediatric syste. the uk is also reporting a link between this and serious inflammatory disease. how concerned should we be about this? >> i think big picture, children are still a very small proportion of those severely affected by covid. but this is sort of on that same continuum of what i was describing of the immune system being overly revved up and turning against itself. and one of the key targets seems to be what's happening in blood vessels. and that can lead to kawasaki disease which is the disease you're talking about in children and is also related to the clots we're seeing in adults. >> in this age of social distancing, a lot of healthy people are staying away from doctor's offices, leaving many practices strapped for cash. hospitals are struggling without revenue from elective surgeries. are you worried this pandemic could put some doctors out of business? >> well, i think especially doctors who are in private practice who are not parts of bigger systems that can help subsidize and bridge

of the ones we already heard about showed danger. the largest study before this one was published and done by the university at albany in the new york state department of health and that one showed not only didn't it work, but it increased more than twofold the chances of someone having a heart issue. this new one is much larger. this new one looks at 671 hospitals over six continents. the one before was looking at 25 hospitals. so we have gone from 25 hospitals to 671 hospitals on six continents. this is a very, very large study. and what they found was increased risk of death and increased risk of heart issues. these were hospitalized patients, some quite ill. what president trump had to say about that issue is, hey, i took it when i -- when i wasn't sick. and so these studies look at people who are sick. that is a fair point to make, however, the doctors i've been talking to say, look, if you look at patients who are sick and it doesn't help, it certainly casts doubt on whether this drug does anything. jim, poppy? >> it is a huge development and the breadth and the size of this study, tens of thousands of people looking retrospectively at their medical rec

new york will be open tomorrow, so that's exciting. it's been a long, painful period, but we start to reopen tomorrow. new york state department of healths also granting a waiver to restart elective procedures for ecmc. we want to make sure hospitals are in a position to provide care for people who need it, so this is a good step. i also have been encouraging major sports teams to plan reopenings without fans, but the games could be televised. new york state will help those major sports franchises to do just that. hockey, basketball, baseball, football, whoever can reopen. we're a ready, willing and able partner. personal disclosure, i want to watch the buffalo bills, but i'm still objective. i'm acting as governor. there is no personal agenda here. yes, i do want to fulfill my role as governor. i think this is in the best interest of the state of new york, even though i have a coincident personal agenda because i want to watch the bills, but they are separate agendas. some would say i have a conflict of interest. i want to disclose it. judges and staff will be returning to courthouses in the 30 upstate counties that are open this week.

new york department of health now investigating 157 cases in new york alone. >> we don't know how widespreadt is. but the more we look, the more we find it. >> reporter: the covid-19-related syndrome now raising concerns about schools re-opening in the fall. for young adults planning to return to colleges and universities, the cdc says the schools should recommend and reinforce the use of cloth face coverings, hold smaller classes in larger rooms and check to make sure the room has proper ventilation. the cdc also notes that dorms should have physical barriers like plastic flexible screens between bathroom sinks and beds, some strategies listed on the site. michael. >> thank you, stephanie. we'll bring in dr. jennifer ashton to answer a few of our questions and, doc, initially they believed this multi-inflammatory syndrome only affects children. are there theories as to why it's now occurring in young adults? >> right now in terms of patients in their 20s, one of the theories is this picture we call infectious vasculitis, an inflammatory due to an infection and particularly the blood vessels

the new york department of health is now investigating 102 possible cases in this state. overnor cuomo has directed hospitals to prioritize testing any children showing any symptoms of what they're calling pediatric multisystem inflamatory syndrome. joining us now is nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar. so, doctor, we've been talking about this. the numbers keep growing. what else are we learning? >> well, katy, you know, i think with this disease we're always -- we seem to have more questions than answers. i think in this situation we can describe what's happening. we're certainly a long way away from describing why this is happening. as we have discussede, it has similarities to toxic shock syndrome. there was a recent series reported from the journal of pediatrics out of d.c. trying to really give a little bit more description about risk factors and clinical differences between the patients that were well enough to be outpatient and those hospitalized and critical. >> you talk about toxic shock syndrome. most women have heard about that. what is that in children? >

but rest assured, the department of health is doing everything that they can do. i think it's fair to say that the new yorkepartment of health is the first one that has been on this situation and again, working with the c.d.c. and whatever we find out, we'll not only share with the public, but we'll share with other states and other hospital systems because it is very possible that this has been going on for several weeks and it hasn't been diagnosed as related to covid. so again, we'll keep you updated. i know many people are concerned about that, as they should be. a priority that we've been working on throughout has been protecting our front line workers. we're very aware of the sacrifices that our front line workers are making, so, so many of us can stay home and stay safe and we want to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect our front line workers. we're working with the health care workers, police officers, firefighters, emt's and in new york we have to keep the transit systems working and that's how many of the frontline workers get to work. if we got to a situation where we had to close

new york city with much more. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: dan, good morning. doctors say most children with covid-19 experience mild symptoms, but in some a dangerous inflammatory syndrome can develop here in new york. the department of health least 70 children have been affected and there are other cases popping up across the country. this morning the rare illness possibly related to covid-19 is affecting more children across the country. it's turning deadly. in new york there are at least 73 cases. health officials confirm a child died at a hospital just outside new york city after being treated for pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome likely stemming from the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing another child, a 5-year-old, in new york city died. but it was unclear if he was being treated for the syndrome. >> this is every parent's nightmare, right? that your child may actually be affected by this virus. but it's something we have to consider seriously now. >> reporter: doctors warning parents to seek immediate care for children with prolonged fever, rash, red eyes, stomachache, swollen lymph nodes and tongue. the symptoms similar to kawasaki disease which can lead to heart problems. in californi

new york will open tomorrow. so that's exciting. and it's been a long, painful period. but we start to reopen tomorrow. new york state department of health is also granting a waiver to restart elective procedures for ecmc, we want to make sure hospitals are in a position to provide care for people who need it. so this is a good step. i also have been encouraging major sports teams to plan reopenings without fans but the games could be televised. new york state will help those major sports franchises to do just that. hockey, basketball, baseball, football, whoever can reopen. we're a ready, willing and able partner. personal disclosure, i want to watch the buffalo bills. but i'm still objective. i'm acting as governor. there's no personal agenda here. yes, i do want to watch the bills. but that is not subverting my role as governor. i think this is in the best interest of all the people and in the best interest of the state of new york. even though i do have a coincident personal agenda because i want to watch the bills. but they are separate agendas, at least some would say i have a conflict of interest, i want to disclose it. judges and

1000 break on the governor of the worst affected area new york city's early results of testing suggests one in 5 city residents have been infected the new york health department released data showing low income neighborhoods of a disproportionately higher death rate than wealthier districts are investigative project redfish itself in the city's poorest areas to see how things are playing it discovered people having to create so named help communities due to a lack of official support. the government refuses to provide the resources like food like universal health care universal housing waiting for government agencies to address things this no longer viable we have to take matters into our own hands . they say that when the country gets a cold the bronx gets the flu now when the country gets cold 19 the people of the bronx die the bronx considered one of the poorest areas in the city of new york and the united states not counting native american reservations the bronx has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country highest rates of. these are diseases that put people more at risk of getting covered 19 people were put in a position where we have to come

here in new york, the department of health says they are now working with the cdc to develop a nationalteria for identifying and responding to this syndrome. eva. >> stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> and our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton joins us this morning. hearing about these cases in children, it's scary, how rare is this and what should parents know? >> well, it is scary, eva, but in medicine and science we really have to remember the numbers and right now, luckily, this is rare, but, again, if it happens to your child, one is all it takes. i think that this is an evolving situation. pediatricians are asking for assistance from infectious disease, cardiology and they're still in the observation stage and they're just treating these children who have this hyperinflammatory shock, really right now based on symptoms because the cause is still unknown. >> going back to those cases in the white house with those new covid-positive results, what should they be doing? >> well, listen, first of all, the cdc guidelines are just that. they are dpiguidelines and theye meant to be i

stephanie, new york state will be helping the rest of the country to identify the new cases out of this dangerous and rare illness? >> reporter: that's exactly right, tom. the department of health here in new york says they are working with the cdc to develop a national criteria for identifying and responding to the syndrome. new york city is alerting more e symptoms and will test all children with symptoms for antibodies. tom? >> stephanie ramos with a lot of new reporting on this pressing story tonight. all right, stephanie, thank you. >>> next, the pressure to reopen after weeks of staying at home. states across the country imposing a patchwork of rules. many americans caught in the middle, wanting to get back to business but wanting to know they'll be safe. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: snip by snip, michigan barber karl manke is defying state orders. >> you know, i've had this business for 60 years, almost 60, 59 years, and i have no intentions of leaving it under these conditions at all. >> reporter: so, as customers pile into his shop, police citations racking up for the 77-year-old, who is in that most vulnerable of age groups, underscoring that nationwide tens

department of health is doing everything that they can do. >> so, look, it's very early days of this new conversation. the governor saying today that the department of health in new york will be working with new york city hospitals and the cdc to create a national guideline system for other hospitals across the country to check into this. we're not sure exactly what we're looking at yet, but a sign from the governor that, look, this thing isn't over yet and there may be a new wrinkle coming. >> all right. evan mcmorris-santoro, thank you so much. >>> dr. esther chew is an associate professor of emergency medicine at oregon health and science university and joins us now from portland. good to see you, doctor. all right. so for weeks now, parents' fears were eased by reports that children were not being hit very hard by this virus. and now you hear this kind of information coming from the new york governor. and this just raises and heightens the concerns of all parents out there. so what does this is a to you? does this is a that it's a different strain of the coronavirus? or that, you know, that virus just shows itself, affects people differently? >> yeah, i think it's

four plus days of fever, what the new york state department of health is telling providers to look forr plus days of fever in a row, fever with rash is even more concerning. ask then the abdominal pain is something, tends to be unique. i interviewed a 12-year-old last week that had that, the only symptom she had before she went to the hospital and her heart stopped, able to restart it, so she's doing well but at the same time that seems to be a unique symptom. the diarrhea and vomiting as well if parents see that in their child, especially if they recovere from coronavirus or had it earlier -- >> i'm confused, have these children had coronavirus >> the vast majority of children have tested positive for coronavirus. some of them didn't test positive at the time but later on had antibodies and some have not tested positive for coronavirus. that's why we keep saying it seems to be related to covid-19 but we're still trying to figure out those unknowns seems to be a situatio their immune system goes into overdrive and causes them to go into this shock type syndrome which results in the org