For the second consecutive week, new COVID-19 infection rates among children in the U.S. have seen a notable increase, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
Dr. Alok Patel, a physician at Stanford Children’s Health, has the latest on rising cases in the U.S. and a new report shows a dip in vaccinations for kindergarteners.For the second consecutive week, new COVID-19 infection rates among children in the U.S. have seen a notable increase, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association .
MORE: US flying blind to potential COVID-19 resurgence, experts say, as states scale back on testing, data reporting Nationally, pediatric virus-related hospital admissions have also seen their first increase in three months — up by 5% in the last week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.A teacher talks to students in her second grade class while wearing Covid-19 protective masks in Stanton, Calif., Jan. 13, 2022.
The increases in pediatric COVID cases are renewing calls for children to be inoculated against COVID-19. Although the COVID-19 has been authorized under emergency use for all children over the age of 5 for nearly six months, tens of millions of children remain completely unvaccinated. A youngster receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a pediatric vaccine clinic for children ages 5 to 11 set up at Willard Intermediate School in Santa Ana, Calif., Nov. 9, 2021.
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