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Foreign media: Indonesia reported that 3 children died of unexplained acute hepatitis
Bloomberg reported that the Indonesian Ministry of Health released a message on May 2 that three children in Indonesia died of unexplained acute hepatitis last month. This means that the global death toll from unexplained acute hepatitis has increased to at least 4.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry said all three of the children were hospitalized in Jakarta and their symptoms included nausea, vomiting, severe diarrhea, fever, jaundice, convulsions and loss of consciousness. The department is conducting comprehensive testing to determine the cause and has issued notices to strengthen surveillance of the disease across Indonesia.
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A communiqué issued by the World Health Organization on 23 April shows that at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology have been reported, with cases reported in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, France, Romania and Belgium. The patients were between 1 month and 16 years of age, 17 patients required liver transplantation, and at least 1 patient died. Bloomberg said that although the etiology of childhood hepatitis has not been determined, investigators believe that this unknown cause of childhood hepatitis may be related to adenovirus.