SAN ANTONIO – Alarming numbers released by the city of San Antonio on Tuesday about the number of positive pediatric COVID-19 cases. As of July 17, there were 3,067 positive cases in children under the age of 18. Here is a breakdown of the cases into age groups: There are …
Read More »Older children can transmit COVID-19 as much as adults: research
According to new research in South Korea, children and young adults ages 10-19 can transmit coronavirus in the home as much as older people. Researchers from the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who studied reports of 59,073 contacts of 5,706 COVID-19 patients also found that children ages …
Read More »South Korean study says kids 10 and older transmit the virus at least as easily as adults
They don’t have serious cases at the same rate as adults, of course. You can look up age-specific hospitalization and mortality data for any state and see that younger people are more likely to have mild infection outcomes. The fear is not that 12-year-old boys will end up in ICU …
Read More »13-year-old California boy dies after having symptoms of COVID-19
A 13-year-old California boy died after experiencing the symptoms of COVID-19, despite testing negative for the disease a week earlier, according to reports. Maxx Cheng, a swimmer with big dreams of going to the Olympics, started feeling ill on July 4 with symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and chest pain, his …
Read More »Belarusian presidential candidate sends her children abroad after threats
MINSK (Reuters) – The main opposition presidential candidate in Belarus sent her children abroad to an undisclosed location in the EU after receiving threats that they would be taken from them unless she quits her career, an opposition journalist said . FILE PHOTO: Candidate in the upcoming presidential election Svetlana …
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