Twelve children have been saved after the Sunday Mirror raised awareness of a deadly new disease linked to Covid-19. Kerry Postlethwaite was among parents shocked by our story about baby Alexander Parsons, who was killed by the rare condition PIMS-TS.
Two days later her own son Joseph, eight, fell ill with matching symptoms . Mum-of-three Kerry, 37, of Anstey, Leics, said: “Joseph had Covid-like symptoms in March but they disappeared.
A couple of days after reading about Alex, he developed the same cough and temperature out of the blue and said he also had a tummy ache. “I called 111 and they suggested we get him a test for Covid, but I couldn’t get Alex’s story out of my head. “Next day Joseph developed a sun-burn rash.