Health experts say that children make up more than 7% of all cases of coronavirus in the US – while they make up about 22% of the country’s population – and the number and rate of childbirths have “slowly increased” from March to July .
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East College Prep High School senior Jocelyn Hernandez is taking a distance Calculus class for Advanced Placement (AP) while sitting in a community garden near her home, Aug. 14, 2020 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. – Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools will be closed and students will return to class through distance learning when the school year 2020-21 begins on August 18, 2020. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) ( Photo by ROBYN BECK / AFP via Getty Images)
The data were placed in addition to updated guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also includes what is known about the virus in children.
“Recent evidence suggests that children are more likely to have the same as higher viral loads in their nasopharynx compared to adults and that children can spread the virus effectively in households and camp settings,” the guide states.
The transmission of the virus to and among children may be reduced in the spring and early summer due to mitigation measures such as orders to stay home and close school, the CDC says.
But now schools and universities all over the country are reopening and in some cases they had to re-adjust their approach to positive tests among students and staff. How to safely return students has been an ongoing debate between local and state leaders, as some are pushing for a return to normal and others are afraid that returning to class for some may prove fatal. In some cases, teachers have opted for dismissal or risk taking the virus.
“So when I put in a classroom of 30 or more kids, it’s a small room, there’s one exit, the ventilation is not only great for schools,” said Arizona teacher Matt Chicci, who is doing his job. departed, to CNN. “It’s not a good situation.”
In Georgia, where several districts have reopened in recent weeks, more than 1,000 students and staff were asked to follow quarantine after cases of coronavirus or exposures to someone infected.
North Paulding High School, which came under scrutiny when a student shared a photo of a crowded corridor days after school reopened, reported 12 cases in school and 21 total cases in the week of August 8-14.
The Paulding County School District (PCSD) states, “Cases in School is the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported at least some time spent on a school campus during the week.”
The term “total cases” refers to the “Cases in school” as well as “Students / staff who for some reason have been out of school and tested positive; Students / staff who were identified as close contacts in another case and then test positive while in quarantine; Virtual students enrolled at the school where they are named but learn online remotely, “says the district.
While some U.S. officials – including the president – have downplayed the positions of coronavirus risks on children, the new CDC guidance notes that children can develop serious illness and complications, even if that risk is lower compared to adults. The rate of hospitalizations among children is increasing, the guidance says, and among hospitals, one in three children is admitted to intensive care – the same as adults.
In the U.S., more than 5.3 million people are infected with the virus and at least 168,446 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Populations of Black and Latino hit hard in hotspots
Research published Friday by the CDC also found that in hotspot counties in the US, black and Latino people were hard hit by the virus, with a majority of the counties reporting differences in cases of coronavirus in one or more racial or ethnic groups.
“These findings illustrate the disproportionate incidence of Covid-19 among color communities, as shown by other studies, and suggest that a high percentage of cases in hotspot counties are among color people,” the authors said.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, health officials said collecting data on coronavirus effects per race helped them better strategize a response to the pandemic.
“[It] helped us change our strategy so we could increase our reach, add additional test sites, just help our communities of color just prevent their exposure to Covid-19, “said Jeanette Kowalik, health commissioner at the Milwaukee Health Department.
Kowalik said the data sparked conversations that would not take place if officials did not know more people of color were affected by the virus.
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Doctors warn of persistent heart complications
With new evidence and data on the virus emerging almost weekly, health officials now have another warning: the risk of death from coronavirus-related heart damage appears to be much greater than previously thought, the American Heart Association said.
Inflammation of the vascular system and injury to the heart occur in 20% to 30% of patients with hospital coronavirus and contribute to 40% of deaths, the association said Friday.
Dr Mitchell Elkind, the association’s president, said the cardiac complications of Covid-19 could be “devastating” and lead to recovery.
The AHA said that research indicates that coronavirus can lead to heart attacks, acute coronary syndromes, stroke, abnormalities in blood pressure, clotting problems, inflammation of heart muscles and fatal irregular heartbeat.
It is a statement that has long been indicated by patients with coronavirus throughout the country, whose bodies were attacked by the coronavirus in various ways.
In Florida, a 21-year-old man has suffered a heart attack while in hospital and weeks since his recovery, his heart rate is still high and he is on medication for his blood pressure – medications his doctors told him he could take at least another year. keep going .
There is a critical need for more research, Elkind said.
“We just do not have enough information to give the definitive answers that people want and need.”
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