Child Covid-19 Cases Increased Nearly 240% Since July, Pediatricians’ Group Says

As of Thursday, astir 5.3 cardinal children full person tested affirmative for Covid-19, AAP said, and children presently relationship for 29% of each cases reported nationwide.

Officials statement erstwhile kid vaccines volition beryllium ready

As of Monday, 63% of the eligible colonisation successful the US — those 12 and older — are afloat vaccinated, according to information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health experts and officials are aiming for the immense bulk of the colonisation to beryllium inoculated.

President Joe Biden announced caller vaccine requirements past week that were met with praise and criticism. The caller requirements see a mandate for businesses with much than 100 employees to necessitate vaccination oregon regular investigating for employees.

Parents could person entree to vaccines for children by Halloween, according to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a committee subordinate astatine Pfizer and the erstwhile commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

He told CBS’ “Face the Nation” connected Sunday that Pfizer is expected to person information connected vaccinations for children ages 5-11 acceptable for the FDA by the extremity of September.

“The FDA says it volition beryllium a substance of weeks, not months, to marque a determination if they’re going to authorize vaccines for kids betwixt 5 to 11. I construe that to beryllium possibly 4 weeks, possibly six weeks,” said Gottlieb.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday, however, that the nationalist wellness bureau is moving urgently connected a Covid-19 vaccine for younger children she hopes could beryllium acceptable by the extremity of the year.

In the meantime, the FDA cautioned parents not to contention to vaccinate their children earlier support from the agency.

“Children are not tiny adults — and issues that whitethorn beryllium addressed successful pediatric vaccine trials tin see whether determination is simply a request for antithetic doses oregon antithetic spot formulations of vaccines already utilized for adults,” the FDA said successful a connection Friday.

Children are little apt to dice from Covid-19

Children are acold little apt than adults to endure superior illness oregon to dice from Covid-19. Among states that study hospitalizations by age, children marque up 1.6% to 4% of patients who were hospitalized for Covid-19.

Among the states that study decease by age, children accounted for nary much than 0.27% of the deaths. Seven states person reported zero kid deaths. As of Sunday, the CDC reported 523 deaths among radical younger than 18 successful the United States.

Pre-teens and teens person the lowest Covid-19 vaccination rates of immoderate property group.