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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kieren Williams

Scientists discover the cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak across UK and world

Scientists have claimed they might have discovered the cause of the mystery child hepatitis outbreak that struck across the globe.

Researchers have said that Covid isn’t to blame for the hepatitis outbreak that has affected hundreds of youngsters in the UK, and thousands worldwide.

Two separate studies, one backed by the UK Health Security Agency, reached the same conclusion that a usually harmless virus seems to have been responsible, or significantly contributed to, the outbreak that left dozens of kids needing transplants.

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