19 children hospitalized in Kyiv due to hepatitis A outbreak

The Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported about this in a comment to Hromadske. It is noted that 34 people have already been hospitalized. At the same time, since the beginning of the outbreak in the Solom'yansky district of the capital, doctors have registered 48 patients with hepatitis A, 26 of them children. “210 people received the vaccine: 192 children and 18 adults”, - added the Center for Public Health of …

Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. With the heat, the risk of hepatitis A increases: keys to prevent it During the heat season, cases of hepatitis A tend to increase due to the proliferation of the virus in warm environments.This liver infection is highly contagious and is transmitted mainly via fecal-oral, through contaminated water or food. Common symptoms include fever, fatigue, nausea and ja…