European health officials said Tuesday that they have not found a link between cases of a mysterious healthy-living.
To date 190 cases of the hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported, 140 of them in world-regions.
MYSTERIOUS LIVER ILLNESS SEEN IN KIDS IN US, EUROPE
“So far there is no connection between the cases and no association to travel,” said Andrea Ammon, director at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm.
She said the disease appears in previously healthy children, with cases reported across the European continent, in Israel and in the United States.
A sign at the entrance of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on March 5, 2021.
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Ammon said some cases have led to acute liver failure that has required a transplant.
WHO: 1 CHILD HAS DIED IN MYSTERY LIVER DISEASE OUTBREAK
On Saturday, the World Health Organization said that at least one death has been reported in connection with the outbreak, but didn’t say in which country the death occurred. The U.N. health agency said the cases were reported in children between 1 month and 16 years in age.
Experts say the cases may be linked to a virus commonly associated with colds, but research is continuing.
