The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new virus that affects the liver in children. Reuters.
According to him, 228 cases are already known in 20 countries, one child has died, about one in ten needs an organ transplant.
The first case reports appeared in Scotland. The infection affects children aged one month to 16 years, with the vast majority under the age of ten. The main symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea and nausea with little or no fever.
Then the typical signs of hepatitis appear – yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, dark urine, light stools, muscle and joint pain.
According to scientists, the new virus may be linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
before in china registered First case of human infection with the H3N8 avian influenza strain. According to him, the infection was detected in a four-year-old boy living in the city of Zhumadian in the central Chinese province of Henan. The infection occurred on April 5 as a result of contact with poultry. The boy was hospitalized on April 10, as his condition deteriorated. At the same time, all his relatives are healthy.