During July, suspected cases were being flagged and reported in Mumbai, in Delhi, Chennai, and elsewhere. In Pakistan, at least 24 children were said to have Kawasaki-like symptoms in Lahore, where 8 cases fulfilling WHO criteria were prospectively identified by 30 June. In Kazakhstan, 14 cases were confirmed by 20 August (among 2,357 children known to have been infected). Cases have been recorded in Israel, including one of a child who presented with severe central nervous system involvement and complement deficiency. In Turkey, four children with a Kawasaki-like disease probably associated with COVID-19 are reported to have been admitted to the children's hospital of Hacettepe University in Ankara between 13 April and 11 July. In Algeria, a first case was recorded in June. In Egypt, on 10 July the authorities denied rumours of the existence of cases of Kawasaki-like disease in the country. In South Africa, the first 23 affected children were treated in Cape Town – the initial epicentre of the national COVID-19 epidemic – between 4 June and 24 July. In Ecuador, the Ministry of Health announced on 19 July the presence of 46 probable cases. In Costa Rica, a national public health organization announced towards the end of August that three children had been diagnosed with MIS-C. Cases of MIS-C had also been recorded in many other Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay, and Venezuela, as well as in Puerto Rico. News of a first confirmed case of PIMS-TS in Australia emerged (from Victoria) on 4 September, along with news of other suspected cases under review. In South Korea, news of two confirmed cases broke on 5 October (and the existence of a case dating back to the end of April was reported in November).