In a bizarre twist to the hepatitis in children story we covered earlier this week, we have learned that the French Health Department are now specifically excluding SARS-CoV-2 virus infections as a possible cause for hepatitis in the official case definition file.

The original French version of the case definition file can be downloaded here

It seems that Twitter may also be removing posts that are discussing a possible link between SARS-CoV-2 and hepatitis – posts discussing the topic are archived below.

Feb 2022 Research: Severe hepatitis in pediatric COVID-19 – *7 UPDATES*

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