Special Envoy in London
After a two-year interruption due to Covid, the International Congress of Hepatology, which brought together all experts in liver pathologies, reopened its doors in London on Wednesday. gives the World Health Organization the opportunity to present its latest data on cases of acute hepatitis in children, which have interested and worried the profession since the first abnormal reports from Scotland in early April.
If the pathology already existed before, “What is surprising in this case is the increase in their frequency in some places, while in other countries there is no increase.”emphasizes P Maria Bouti, Public Health Manager at EASL, the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
As of June 20, 894 cases have been notified to the WHO from 33 countries on 5 continents, reports WHO expert Philippa Easterbrook. That’s 244 more than a month ago, but not only “new cases”
Source: Le Figaro
