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new delhi: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a peculiarity possibly linking symptoms of Kawasaki disease - a rare condition - to the contagious disease might be appearing, according to several doctors who have been noticing symptoms of the rare disease now appearing even in children above five years of age. The cause for Kawasaki disease is still unknown but it usually manifests in children up to the age of five. Many doctors have said children are showing Kawasaki-like symptoms after possibly having recovered from COVID-19. Hospitals in Delhi have earlier reported these symptoms - like inflamed blood vessels and consistent fever and rashes - in several COVID-19 positive children. So, in actual Kawasaki disease as well, we are not able to know the result, so similarly this process would start somewhere around 2 to 3 weeks after a covid infection or after exposure," Dr Taneja said..