Ministry Of Health: There Are 614 Suspected Cases Of Mysterious Acute Hepatitis In The World

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril, reported the global situation of suspected mysterious acute hepatitis in children under the age of 16 as of May 21, totaling 614 cases.

"There are 31 countries that reported a total of 614 cases with 14 deaths," said Mohammad Syahril, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 24.

Syahril said the number was the accumulation of cases since Britain announced its first ten cases on April 5, 2022.

Syahril said the United States and Britain were the regions with the highest number of cases.

These countries include the United States with 180 cases, England with 176 cases, Brazil with 44 cases, Italy with 35 cases, Spain with 26 cases, Mexico with 21 cases, and Indonesia with 14 cases.

Israel, Japan, Portugal each had 12 cases, Canada 11 cases. Argentina, Sweden and Belgium have nine cases each. Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands each with six cases, Norway four cases.

Greece and Poland have three cases each. Austria, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France and Panama have two cases each. Malaysia, Moldova, Palestine, Serbia, Singapore and South Korea have one case each.

The global situation of suspected severe acute hepatitis in children under the age of 16 years of unknown cause started from a British government report on 5 April 2022 that there were ten cases in children 11 months to 5 years from Scotland.

Three days later, British health authorities identified a total of 74 similar cases, including ten from the results of further investigations. Six children have undergone liver transplants for the disease.

As of 12 April 2022, there were 61 additional cases under investigation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Most cases experienced by children aged 2-5 years.

April 14, 2022, Scotland reports of the 13 cases investigated, two of which are epidemiologically related. On 20 April 2022, the UK again confirmed 111 cases in its territory.

As of 27 April 2022, there were about 55 cases reported from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania and Spain. Sporadic cases have been reported from other countries around the world including Canada, Israel, Japan, the United States and Singapore.

As of 1 May 2022, 228 cases (hepatitis) were reported to WHO from 20 countries with more than 50 additional cases being investigated. Until May 10, 2022, an estimated 436 cases from 27 countries were reported in the world with 11 deaths, consisting of five deaths in Indonesia, one case in Palestine, and five cases in the United States.