The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control detailed that at least 95 cases of disease have been registered in Europe, 145 in the United Kingdom and 60 in other countries, including the US, Argentina, Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: RT in Spanish
The total number of cases of severe hepatitis of unknown etiology has risen to about 300 worldwide, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported on Friday.
As of May 5, approximately 95 cases of illness have been registered in Europe among children under 16 years of age, the agency detailed in a report.
Hepatitis has been detected in 15 European countries: Italy (35 cases), Spain (22), Denmark (6), the Netherlands (6), Ireland (less than 5), Portugal (4), Romania (4), Belgium (3), Austria (2), Cyprus (2), Norway (2), France (2), Germany (1), Poland (1), Slovenia (1).
Among these cases, at least 13 patients tested positive for adenovirus, at least three were diagnosed with the coronavirus, and five people required a liver transplant, the ECDC noted.
For its part, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency has identified a total of 145 children under 10 years of age with acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in the British territory.
“Of these cases, 10 children have received a liver transplant,” the report states. “They are predominantly children under 5 years of age who initially presented gastrointestinal symptoms (such as diarrhea and nausea), followed by the appearance of jaundice and acute hepatitis,” it adds.
In addition, at least 60 cases of acute hepatitis in children have been reported in 10 other countries: the United States (35 cases), Israel (12), Indonesia (3), Japan (3), Argentina (2), Costa Rica (1 ), Panama (1), Palestine (1), Serbia (1) and Singapore (1).
The ECDC noted that the Palestinian health authorities reported on Tuesday the death of an 8-year-old boy with severe hepatitis; However, at the moment it is unknown if it is the same minor that was diagnosed with the disease the previous week.
