Doctors and officials at children’s hospitals in areas where infections are on the rise, said most are unvaccinated adolescents with risk factors.
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“We are in a difficult situation (…) With the Omicron variant, we now have this new push [de l’épidémie], in addition to what was left of the Delta variant. “ The words of Claudia Hoyen, specialist in pediatric infectious diseases in Cleveland (United States), published in the Washington post (link in English) Friday, December 24, are not reassuring. “On Thursday, 1,987 pediatric patients with or suspected of having Covid-19 were hospitalized nationwide, an increase of 31% in ten days”, points out the daily, which also recalls that most children who test positive for Covid-19 do not develop a serious form of the disease.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has observed that since the start of the pandemic, nearly 7.4 million children and adolescents have been infected, with another 170,000 added to that total in the last week alone. , reads the newspaper. As a reminder, the United States began vaccinating 5-11 year olds on November 3.
According to the American daily, with the arrival of the Omicron variant in the country, pediatric hospitalizations for Covid-19 cases are on the rise in many states. Ohio, Texas, Peensylvania and New York are particularly affected. According to doctors and officials of eight children’s hospitals located in areas where infections multiply questioned daily, most of their patients are unvaccinated adolescents with risk factors.