THE Indonesia he’s got identify 15 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin after recording three child deathssaid today in a press conference o Minister of Health Buddy Gunady Sadikin.
THE World Health Organisation announced last week that it has received reports from 20 countries for at least 228 possible cases of childhood hepatitis or liver infection.
Buddy said Indonesia had identified 15 cases since a recent investigation into the disease began, adding that authorities had not identified the cause.
He did not say whether the 15 cases involved all children or what treatment they were receiving. A spokesman for the Ministry of Health was not immediately available for comment.
Some health professionals have linked the disease to an infection caused by someone adenoida family of common viruses that can cause flu-like or gastrointestinal symptoms.
There is also a theory that lookdown imposed due to COVID-19 may have weaken the immunomodulator children because they were less exposed to common pathogens while in isolation.
Scientists are further examining whether this adenovirus has mutated or is acting in conjunction with another infectionpossibly COVID-19.
Earlier this month, Indonesia said three children who allegedly contracted the disease died in the capital Jakarta in April. They were vaccinated against hepatitis, the Ministry of Health said.
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