Alarmingly, mysterious hepatitis is spreading among children around the world, reaching regarding 12 countries, recording 169 infections, and health authorities around the world are investigating the mysterious increase in acute cases of hepatitis.
The World Health Organization also revealed the registration of the first death among children, and indicated that, as of April 21, severe cases of hepatitis of unknown cause were recorded in a number of countries, and 114 cases were among 169 cases in Britain alone.
She revealed that the cases recorded were among children between the ages of one month and 16 years, and that 17 of them required liver transplants.
While the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that until this moment, it has not been proven that there is an unknown source of hepatitis in Egypt, stressing that the degree of anticipation has been raised and information has been circulated to the preventive medicine sector in the governorates.
She explained that there is no evidence that infection is a complication of corona, but it is a type of symptoms associated with infection with an adenovirus, a respiratory virus that affects children in some rare cases, and may affect the digestive system and the liver.
