27-12-2021, 01:02 PM
PUBLISHED 6 HOURS AGO
WASHINGTON (AFP) - With Omicron cases on the rise, New York health officials have reported an increase in hospitalised children, as the White House promised Sunday (Dec 26) to quickly resolve the United States' Covid-19 test shortage.
The New York State Department of Health warned "of an upward trend in paediatric hospitalisations associated with Covid-19," in a statement on Friday.
In New York City, it "identified four-fold increases in Covid-19 hospital admissions for children 18 and under beginning the week of December 5 through the current week," it said.
Approximately half of the admissions are younger than five, an age group that is vaccine ineligible, the department added.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the United States is on the rise, with an average of nearly 190,000 new infections daily over the past seven days
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - With Omicron cases on the rise, New York health officials have reported an increase in hospitalised children, as the White House promised Sunday (Dec 26) to quickly resolve the United States' Covid-19 test shortage.
The New York State Department of Health warned "of an upward trend in paediatric hospitalisations associated with Covid-19," in a statement on Friday.
In New York City, it "identified four-fold increases in Covid-19 hospital admissions for children 18 and under beginning the week of December 5 through the current week," it said.
Approximately half of the admissions are younger than five, an age group that is vaccine ineligible, the department added.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the United States is on the rise, with an average of nearly 190,000 new infections daily over the past seven days
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...hammers-us
