A second child who was diagnosed with an unknown serious form of hepatitis has needed a liver transplant as the number of cases rise to 12, it emerged today. A second child has now had to go to the UK for a transplant as the number of probable cases has risen from eight to twelve. T"The Irish cases have no links to the UK cases, and only one had a recent travel history to the UK before onset of symptoms." It said the common common viruses that cause hepatitis (hepatitis viruses A, B, C, and E) have not been detected in any of the cases. None of the Irish cases who were tested on admission to hospital had evidence of COVID-19 infection at that time.

Source: Irish Independent June 03, 2022 02:24 UTC