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A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation.
WISCONSIN REPORTS FIRST DEATH IN U.S. POSSIBLY LINKED TO PUZZLING HEPATITIS OUTBREAK IN CHILDREN
“As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries with over 50 additional cases under investigation,” the WHO’s Tarik Jasarevic told a Geneva press briefing.
The World Health Organization entrance at its headquarters in Geneva on March 5, 2021.
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Health authorities around the world are probing a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in young children that has resulted in at least one death.
