Hepatitis Cases Double in Cortés, Choloma and Villanueva Hit Hard

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 30, 2026 · Originally reported August 29, 2026 by Once Noticias

Hepatitis cases have risen 100% in Cortés department, with Choloma and Villanueva reporting the highest infection rates; health authorities are monitoring food and water contamination as a possible contributing factor.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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