Although the Canary Islands seemed to be free of acute childhood hepatitis after ruling out the last suspected case, the threat has returned with the announcement of the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, which has reported a new case under investigation.

This is a suspected case of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin, which is being studied at the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, in Tenerife.

She is a 16-year-old patient who is undergoing complementary diagnostic tests to verify whether or not her pathology corresponds to this variant of hepatitis, while she remains admitted to the ward at La Candelaria Hospital with a favorable evolution.

The case under investigation will be notified to the Ministry of Health and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), as indicated in the protocols.

The cause of the appearance of this variant of hepatitis is still unknown to the scientific community, although all the hospitals of the Canary Islands Health Service are alert to the possible appearance of a patient with symptoms compatible with this disease.