China News Agency, Jakarta, May 5 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian Ministry of Health spokesperson Siti Nadia reported in Jakarta on the 5th that three cases of hepatitis of unknown etiology in the country were 11 years old, 8 years old and 2 years old respectively. child.
Among them, the 11-year-old patient received two doses of the new crown vaccine, the 8-year-old patient received one dose of the new crown vaccine, and the two-year-old patient did not receive the new crown vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine.
The three patients died when they were transferred from Jakarta East Hospital and Jakarta West Hospital to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for treatment within two weeks before April 30.
Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, severe diarrhea, fever, jaundice, seizures, and loss of consciousness, but the exact cause is unknown.
Siti said when the patient was transferred to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, "it was already in a critical condition and the hospital had little time to rescue it".
One of the patients had another disease before being diagnosed with suspected acute hepatitis.
But Siti did not say which patient and which disease it was.
Siti said that according to hospital examinations, all three patients tested negative for the new coronavirus.
All 3 had no family history of congenital hepatitis.
The Indonesian Ministry of Health confirmed on the 3rd of this month that three children in the country died of hepatitis of unknown etiology at different times in the two weeks before April 30.
No cases of the same hepatitis have been found so far.
The Indonesian Ministry of Health is investigating the etiology of acute hepatitis through comprehensive virus testing, and has issued a "Notice on Preventive Measures for Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Cause", requiring the country's health institutions and the public to closely monitor and prevent hepatitis of unknown etiology.
The Jakarta Provincial Health Agency is conducting further epidemiological investigations.
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