HEALTH: Parents warned to be alert to symptoms after child dies from hepatitis of an unknown cause

A senior Health Service Executive official has urged parents to be “alert” following the death of a child in Ireland from hepatitis and an increase in unexplained cases of the condition across several countries in recent weeks.

Six probable cases of children with hepatitis of an unknown cause have been identified in the State over the last 10 weeks. One of the children has died and another required a liver transplant.

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