The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said: (ECDC)In a statement, he has reported multiple cases of pediatric acute hepatitis in Europe over the past few days.
The watchdog indicated that the United Kingdom was the first to report this problem, and had accumulated the most cases so far, and all cases in Britain “presented clinically with severe acute hepatitis, and high levels of Liver enzymesSome patients have also reported gastrointestinal symptoms, including abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting, in the previous weeks“.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control confirmed that “following reports of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin by the UK Health Security Agency, additional cases have been reported in children in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.“.
In addition, 9 cases of acute hepatitis were found among children aged 1 to 6 years in the US state of Alabama, and the cases also tested positive for adenovirus and it was not immediately clear whether it was somehow linked to the outbreak in Europe..
According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the origins of acute hepatitis are still unknown and the CDC and local specialists are currently conducting various tests to determine the underlying causes of the outbreak. Investigations are ongoing in all countries that have reported cases, and at present, the exact cause of hepatitis in these children is still unknown..
The UK Incident Team investigating the cases has suggested it may have been caused by an “infectious agent or potential toxic exposure”, and investigators have already ruled out the possibility that the outbreak was linked to coronavirus vaccines, given that infected children have quite little in common..
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention explained that “no association with the “Corona” vaccine has been identified, and detailed information was collected through a questionnaire about food and drink cases and personal habits in determining any common exposure.“.