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.

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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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