Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The government continues to urge the public to remain alert to cases of mysterious acute hepatitis. This follows the death toll that fell due to this mysterious disease.
So, what age is susceptible to the risk of mysterious hepatitis? Reported from CNN Indonesia, Professor of Child Health in the field of Gastrohepatology Hanifah Oswari said that so far the group most exposed was at the age of children.
“It has been investigated that the case of [penyakit hepatitis akut misterius pada pasien] the oldest is 16 years old, nothing more. Turns out most [pasien] it’s under 10 years,” Hanifah said in a joint press conference with the Ministry of Health, quoted on Sunday (8/5).
In the UK alone, he said, acute hepatitis mostly attacks children under the age of 5 years. Meanwhile, the case in Indonesia a few days ago had claimed three lives, aged 2 years, 8 years and 11 years.
Spokesperson for the Covid-19 vaccination of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that all confirmed cases of the mysterious hepatitis were negative for Covid-19. As for when they arrived at the RSCM, the three patients were already in an advanced stage.
So it only has less time to take action. Judging from the patient’s condition, the symptoms are similar to acute hepatitis which is being talked about.
“[Namun] We cannot classify the three cases into acute hepatitis. This is just a pending classification. There needs to be a check for Adenovirus and Hepatitis E, [bisa makan waktu] for 10-14 days, “Nadia said on the same occasion.
So far, WHO has reported that there have been 228 cases of mysterious acute hepatitis reported in a number of countries including the UK, Spain, Northern Ireland, the United States, and Asia.
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