Circular of the Ministry of Health with the indications of the checks to be carried out following the alert for some cases registered in recent weeks in Europe and the USA, and now also in Italy, of hepatitis of unknown nature. The new circular, the second after that of April 14, asks all health organizations and doctors to report any suspected case of hepatitis of which they do not understand the causes.
“It is recommended, in this phase, wanting to favor sensitivity over specificity, to evaluate and possibly also report cases that partially correspond to the definition of the case. It is also recommended to provide in any case the conservation of biological samples to allow any other possible assessment deemed necessary”. This is what is read in the circular of the Ministry of Health signed by the director of prevention Gianni Rezza, issued today.
There is no connection between the anti-Covid vaccine and the cases of acute hepatitis which has triggered the alarm in GB and then in other countries of Europe and the USA. “None of the children who have been diagnosed with acute hepatitis in the United Kingdom in recent days had been vaccinated against Covid-19”, the Order of Doctors said in a fact sheet dedicated to the affair through the page of questions and answers by experts on various health issues “Doctor but is it true that ..?”.
The focus also reads that the alarm raised by the Twitter report of the death from acute hepatitis of an 82-year-old person in the Netherlands, after vaccination against Covid-19, is at this time. “The alarm came from a US cardiologist known for his disinformation activity on social media, as noted by the website The Dispatch. But even in this case it is typically a case of an association between two events in the absence of a cause-effect relationship between the events themselves “he explains.
ACUTE HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN, IN ITALY 11 CASES OF WHICH 2 CONFIRMED
As of April 22, a total of 11 reports have been received referring to patients identified in various Italian regions (Abruzzo, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto), according to the circular of the Ministry of Health sent today to the regions , to health facilities and doctors on cases of acute hepatitis of an unknown nature. Only two are confirmed and one deemed “possible” was given a transplant. A positivity for Adenovirus or for SARS-CoV-2 has so far been reported only in 2 suspected cases. “The role of Adenoviruses in these forms hypothesized in the UK, however, is not confirmed”.
According to the circular, these are reports relating to sporadic cases scattered throughout the national territory. Of these, one patient does not fall within the definition of case (hospitalized before January 2022); 2 cases are being evaluated for possible further etiological causes; 4 cases can be defined as “suspicious” (the examinations are currently in progress or not defined); 2 cases defined as “possible” (over 10 years of age); 2 “confirmed” cases Several Regions (Campania, Piedmont, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Calabria, Puglia) have communicated that they currently have no cases to report.