Officials: Nearly 200 cases of mystery liver disease

European health officials state they have actually not found a link between cases of a mysterious liver disease break out in childrenByThe Associated PressApril 26, 2022, 11:49 AM – 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleSTOCKHOLM– European health authorities stated Tuesday that they have actually not discovered a link between cases of a mysterious liver disease outbreak in children.To date 190 cases of the hepatitis of unidentified origin have been reported, 140 of them in 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 stated the disease appears in formerly healthy kids, with cases reported throughout the European continent, in Israel and in the United States.Ammon said some cases have led to intense liver failure that has actually needed a transplant.On Saturday, the World Health Organization said that a minimum of one death has been reported in connection the break out. The U.N. health company stated the cases were reported in kids aged between 1 month and 16 years. WHO didnt state in which nation the death occurred.Experts say the cases might be linked to an infection frequently associated with colds, however research study is continuing.