South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters said on the 10th that South Korea reported a suspected case of acute hepatitis in a child of unknown cause on the 1st of this month.
Since the UK first reported a case of acute hepatitis of unknown cause in a child on April 4 this year, as of May 4, a total of 237 cases of the disease have been confirmed in 19 countries around the world, including three deaths.
It is understood that most of the confirmed cases are adolescents between the ages of 1 and 16. Most of them suffered from severe acute hepatitis after experiencing symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting, and showed symptoms such as a surge in transaminase values and jaundice.
This acute hepatitis does not belong to any of the viral hepatitis types A to E.
South Korea's epidemic prevention department has been monitoring young patients under the age of 16 who have been hospitalized for acute hepatitis since May, and a suspected case was reported on the 1st of this month.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Yun)