US records nearly 30,000 weekly child Covid-19 infections

Los Angeles, March 29 : Nearly 30,000 child Covid-19 cases have been reported across the US in the past week, according to the latest report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Childrens Hospital Association.Reported Covid-19 cases among children spiked dramatically in 2022 during the Omicron variant surge, with over 4.

9 million child cases reported since the beginning of January, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the report.Over 12.8 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to the report.Over 171,000 of these cases have been added in the past 4 weeks.Since the first week of September, there have been almost 7.8 million additional child Covid-19 cases, according to the report.There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the AAP."It is important to recognise there are immediate effects of the pandemic on childrens health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth," said the AAP.int/shs #weekly #Covid #Los Angeles #Omicron #Covid-19.