A total of 10,603,034 child Covid-19 cases had been reported across the country as of January 20, and children represented 18.4 per cent of all confirmed cases, according to the report published late Monday…reports Asian Lite News
The US State Department on Tuesday advised its citizens to reconsider any travel to India due to the current high level of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The latest advisory from the State Department also advised them to exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism.
The latest travel advisory came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for India due to COVID-19, indicating a high level of COVID-19 in the country.
“Your risk of contracting COVID-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorised vaccine. Before planning any international travel, please review the CDC’s specific recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers,” the State Department said.
Meanwhile, more than 10 million children in the US have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association.
A total of 10,603,034 child Covid-19 cases had been reported across the country as of January 20, and children represented 18.4 per cent of all confirmed cases, according to the report published late Monday.
Covid-19 cases among children have spiked dramatically across the US during the Omicron variant surge, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Over 1.1 million child Covid-19 cases were reported in the past week, nearly five times the rate of the peak of last winter’s surge, according to the AAP.
This number was a 17 per cent increase over the 981,000 added cases reported the week before and a doubling of case counts from the two weeks prior, according to the AAP.
Over 2 million child Covid-19 cases have been added in the past two weeks.
This marks the 24th week in a row child Covid-19 cases in the US are above 100,000. Since the first week of September, there have been over 5.6 million additional child cases, according to the AAP.
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