Friday, 22 April 2022

Disease

Covid-19

The countries with the 10 greatest number of Covid-19 cases:

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Hepatitis – UK

UK health authorities are continuing to investigate a rise in cases of sudden onset hepatitis (liver inflammation) in children aged 10 and under since January 2022, where the usual viruses that cause infectious hepatitis (hepatitis A to E) have not been detected. acAive case finding investigations have identified a further 34 cases since our last update, bringing the total number of cases to 108. All the children affected presented to health services between January 2022 and 12 April 2022. Of the confirmed cases, 79 are in England, 14 are in Scotland and the remainder are in Wales and Northern Ireland. Of these cases, 8 children have received a liver transplant.

Following reports from Europe and the United States recently of acute hepatitis of unknown origin, the Israel Ministry of Health reported Tuesday 12 cases of children that were brought to the attention of the Ministry of Health in recent months in two hospitals which might fit the case definition.



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