Claim: The recent rise in cases of hepatitis in children is primarily affecting children aged one month to four years old who have been actively breastfed in the last 12 months. All the children were breastfed by vaccinated mothers.
Fact-check: No evidence hepatitis in children is caused by vaccinated breastfeeding mothers - Full Fact
Verdict: recent child hepatitis cases in england are concentrated in children aged between three and five, and there is no evidence they have been breastfed in the past 12 months by vaccinated mothers. there is no evidence the cases of hepatitis are linked with the covid-19 vaccines.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-05-11T00:00:00