An outbreak of a mysterious liver disease has been detected in children by health officials.
It was first detected in Britain in January and there have now been infections in Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, and Spain.
Last week British health officials recorded 74 cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in children across the UK since the start of the year, the Associated Press reported.
US officials have recorded nine cases in Alabama in children between the ages of one and six.
Health officials report it is not like the usual cases of hepatitis they have seen before.
"Mild hepatitis is very common in children following a range of viral infections, but what is being seen at the moment is quite different," said Graham Cooke, a professor of infectious diseases at Imperial College London.
The Associated Press reported the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated there had been an increase in adenovirus in Britain but the role of hepatitis is unclear.
The WHO recorded less than five possible cases in Ireland and three confirmed in Spain, in younger children aged between 22 months to 13 years.
Public health officials have ruled out any links to COVID vaccines saying none of the children affected were vaccinated.
