Corona in US: Covid-19 virus continues to wreak havoc on innocent children in US. The latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association has revealed that around 14 million children are infected with Covid-19. Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying that, of these, about 371,000 cases have come in the last four weeks.
The report said that around 6.4 million new cases were added in 2022. During the week ending August 11, around 87,000 children were found to be infected with COVID-19. At the same time, as of Wednesday morning, the death toll from the Covid virus across US was 10,63,087.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said that more age-based data needs to be collected to assess the severity of the disease as well as potential long-term effects related to the new variant.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said it is important to know what the pandemic’s immediate effects are on children’s health, but crucially we need to recognize the long-lasting effects on the physical, mental and social well-being of this generation of children and young people. need to be addressed and addressed.