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A new type of hepatitis has been contracted by 16 children in the North.
Cineál nua heipitítis tolgtha ag 16 leanbh sa Tuaisceart.
Health authorities in the North have confirmed that sixteen children have contracted a new form of hepatitis, the causes of which are still unknown.
Tá sé deimhnithe ag na húdaráis sláinte sa Tuaisceart go bhfuil cineál nua heipitítis nach fios fós cad is siocair leis tolgtha ag sé pháiste dhéag ansin.
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for the North, said that “some of the children had to undergo specialist medical treatment in other parts of the UK and one had to undergo a liver transplant.”
Thug Príomhoifigeach Leighis an Tuaiscirt an Dr Michael McBride le fios go mb’éigean “sainchóireáil leighis a chur i gcodanna eile den Ríocht Aontaithe ar roinnt de na páistí agus go mb’éigean aistriú ae a dhéanamh ar dhuine acu.”
Health authorities in the north are urging parents to be alert to the symptoms of the disease – such as jaundice and conjunctivitis – and to seek emergency medical treatment, if necessary.
Tá na húdaráis sláinte ó thuaidh ag achainí ar thuismitheoirí a bheith san airdeall ar chomharthaí sóirt an ghalair – buíochan agus bánú súl, cuir i gcás – agus cóir leighis éigeandála a iarraidh, más gá.
People are also advised to be careful about hygiene in general, washing their hands regularly and so on.
Táthar ag moladh do dhaoine freisin a bheith cúramach faoi chúrsaí sláinteachais trí chéile, a lámha a ní go rialta agus mar sin de.
It is reported that children in more than twenty countries around the world have contracted the new form of hepatitis and that most of them are children under the age of five.
Tuairiscítear go bhfuil an cineál nua heipitítis tolgtha ag leanaí i mbreis agus fiche tír ar fud an domhain agus gur leanaí faoi chúig bliana d’aois a bhformhór.
The Health Protection Surveillance Center has already reported that eight children in the Republic have contracted the disease.
Tá sé tugtha le fios cheana ag an Lárionad Faire um Chosaint Sláinte go bhfuil an galar tolgtha ag ochtar páistí sa Phoblacht.
These, it was said, were children under the age of twelve, all of whom had to be hospitalized.
Leanaí faoi dhá bhliain déag iad seo, a dúradh, agus b’éigean iad ar fad a chur in ospidéil.
One of them died and another was given a new liver.
Bhásaigh duine acu agus tugadh ae nua do dhuine eile.
Dr Gillian Armstrong from the Northern Public Health Agency said the disease was still being eradicated.
Dúirt an Dr Gillian Armstrong ón nGníomhaireacht um Shláinte Phoiblí sa Tuaisceart go bhfuiltear fós ag iarraidh an galar a chur le bonn.
It is being questioned, she said, whether it could have anything to do with childhood adrenavirus or young people’s environment, such as toxins in the air.
Táthar ag fiosrú, a dúirt sí, an bhféadfadh aon bhaint a bheith aige le hadanaivíreas a bhíonn ar leanaí go minic nó le le timpeallacht na ndaoine óga, leithéidí tocsainí san aer.
She confirmed that none of the children struck ill in the North had Covid-19 and that none had received the vaccine.
Dhearbhaigh sí nach raibh covid 19 ar aon duine de na leanaí a buaileadh tinn sa Tuaisceart agus nach raibh an vacsaín faighte ag aon duine acu.