TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- Worries and uncertainties continue to pose for the outbreak health union “unknown” acute hepatitis, because according to World Health Organization (WHO) 920 cases have been registered in 33 countries.

A statement released by WHO reported that by early June 2022, more than 250 cases In less than 30 days, 45 hospitalized patients needed liver transplants and 18 children have died since the first cases were discovered.

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Likewise, a brief summary detailing that the number of cases may be subject to several tools that can counteract transmission, this is, due to the unknown origins from which the disease emerged.

The first outbreak recorded by WHO was on April 5, with the UK being the region that released ten cases of severe acute hepatitis, involving children under the age of ten.

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The general symptoms experienced by each patient according to WHO are; nausea, vomiting, yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, weakness of the body and frequent discomfort in the abdominal area.

Although no cases have been reported in Honduras, the Ministry of Health (Sesal) maintains intensive surveillance measures for hepatitis at all levels of care (ABCDE) and at the entrances in the regions of the state”.

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