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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lamiat Sabin

Child hepatitis surge ‘linked to common cold virus’ as UK reports 108 cases

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More than 100 young children in the UK have recently been diagnosed with hepatitis that is thought could be linked with a cold virus.

Health authorities said on Thursday that 108 cases of pediatric hepatitis have been identified since the start of this year, with most of the children aged between one and five-years-old.

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