One child has died and 17 have needed liver transplants because of the mysterious worldwide hepatitis outbreak.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has received reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin” from 12 countries.
Cases were detected in children aged one month to 16, the majority of whom have been hospitalised.
The WHO has not disclosed which country the only known death occurred in.
The first hepatitis cases were recorded in Britain, where 114 children have now been sickened.
Thirteen cases have been detected in Spain, 12 in Israel and 11 in the US — including nine in Alabama and two in North Carolina.
The unusual illness has also been spotted in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Norway, Romania and Belgium.
UK health officials have ruled out the Covid vaccine as a possible cause, with none of the British cases so far having been vaccinated because of their young age. None of the cases in the US were vaccinated either.
*MailOnline
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