Regarding acute hepatitis of unknown cause, which has been reported mainly in young children in Europe and the United States, the US CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found 109 patients suspected of having similar hepatitis so far, and 5 died. I made it clear.

According to the WHO = World Health Organization, as of 1st of this month, at least 228 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown cause have been reported from 20 countries, mainly children under 10 years old.



On the 6th, the US CDC revealed that 109 patients with similar suspected hepatitis were found as a result of examining it as far back as October last year.



Of these, more than 90% were hospitalized, 14% had a liver transplant and 5 died.



In addition, the median age was 2 years, and more than half of the patients detected adenovirus that causes sore throat and diarrhea.



Although CDC experts say that adenovirus is "generally unknown as the cause of hepatitis in healthy children," it has been detected in many patients, so we are investigating the relationship and with the new coronavirus. We are planning to investigate a wide range of related matters.



Meanwhile, the UK health authorities also released a new report on the 6th.



According to this, 163 cases were reported between January and the 3rd of this month, and 11 of them had a liver transplant, but no deaths were reported.



Adenovirus was also detected in 91 of the 126 tested.