Acute hepatitis has also spread to Mexico, after first appearing in the UK on April 5 and having been seen in some European countries and the USA so far. Alma Rosa Marroquin, Minister of Health of Nuevo Leon State in the north of Mexico, stated that acute hepatitis disease was detected in 4 different children of different ages in public and private health institutions, and said that for now, the condition of all of them is stable and the children are under observation in order to monitor the course of the disease.
CAUSE UNKNOWN YET
According to the statement made by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, while 450 cases of acute hepatitis were recorded worldwide, it was announced that a total of 11 children, 5 in the USA, 5 in Indonesia and 1 in Palestine, had acute hepatitis. While the cause of the disease is not yet known, experts suspect “adenovirus”. Authorities report that patients mostly suffer from digestive system complaints such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting, as well as jaundice on the skin and eyes.
It has been announced that acute hepatitis has been seen in 20 countries so far, including the UK, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Indonesia and Argentina.
(UAV)