While the mysterious hepatitis virus was spreading, the World Health Organization (WHO) shared that in a written statement, one person out of at least 169 hepatitis cases seen in 11 countries died due to the virus.
WHO’S RICHARD PEBODY: IT HAS BAD RESULTS
Richard Pebody, Member of the WHO European Region’s High Pathogen Threats Team, told Stat, a health news site broadcasting in the USA, that although hepatitis cases were not high, it had bad results.
Emphasizing that it is not yet clear whether a new epidemic will emerge from mysterious hepatitis cases, Pebody said, “It would be good for WHO member countries to investigate.” said.
CASE OF MYSTERIOUS HEPATITIS: WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
WHO, in its written statement on April 16, announced that 74 children in England had detected the hepatitis virus of unknown origin. In the statement made yesterday, it was stated that the cases had spread to 11 countries and increased to at least 169.
It has been reported that symptoms such as jaundice, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain have been observed in the last month in children in whom the virus has been detected, and some cases had severe liver inflammation and were treated with liver transplantation.
It was noted that one of the cases was caused by contact with someone or several people with hepatitis, and it was not known where the other cases got the virus.
The definition of the disease as “mysterious” or “of uncertain cause” brought to mind the possibility of a new “global epidemic” while bringing the Kovid-19 virus to mind.
Before being named, Kovid-19 was described as a “mysterious lung condition”. (AA)