Arkansas doctors on alert for illness in children possibly linked to COVID-19

A rare illness in children is being linked to COVID-19 called multisystem inflammatory syndrome and has doctors in Arkansas on alert. Right now, there are no cases in Arkansas. About 200 children have been hospitalized nationwide. At Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C., the number of children with the illness has grown from 5 to 23 in just 8 days. They range in age from 3 to 17. “It’s a new entity. I wouldn’t say we’re concerned. We…