The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday that at least one child had died amid rising cases of acute hepatitis from an unknown cause among minors; it had reported 169 cases in 12 countries.
According to the organization, part of the UN system, until April 21, cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children were recorded in the United Kingdom, the USA, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, France, Romania and Belgium.
The WHO noted that 114 of the 169 cases have been reported in the United Kingdom.
The children who developed acute hepatitis were between one month and 16 years old. The 17 were judged to need a liver transplant. No details are revealed about the child who succumbed, nor where the death was recorded.
The WHO said that in the last 74 cases, a common flu virus, known as adenovirus, was detected. Twenty of the children tested were infected with the new coronavirus; 19 had both adenovirus and COVID-19, he added.
The WHO said it was monitoring the situation closely and was working with British health authorities and other Member States and partners on cases.
U.S. health officials have issued an emergency warning, urging pediatricians to be vigilant about cases of hepatitis in minors, possibly linked to a flu virus, as part of a broader investigation into unexplained cases of acute hepatitis in children.
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