Speaking to the Senate Health Committee this week, the U.S. director of disease control and prevention said. Preliminary results from the first phase of the study conducted by the agency show that more than 90% of the population is vulnerable, the centers said.
U.S. Both lead the world in both death and infection and now experts warn that schools are now opening and the flu season is getting in its way.
At least 22 states – mostly U.S. In the heartland and the Midwest – new Covid-19 cases are on the rise compared to last week. Across the country, U.S. On an average, more than 43,000 new cases are being reported every day – almost double the country’s easing of lockdown sanctions in June.
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. According to Jeanne Marazzo, the country is no longer seeing a decline in the type of deaths that occurred in late August.
“The main thing is that it doesn’t matter which side of the wing you are politically,” Merazo said during a briefing Wednesday during an infectious disease society in America. “Numbers are numbers. You can’t argue with them. And they’re not going in the right direction.”
20% of summer covid-19 cases were in young people
The experts’ warning has been the same for months: wear a mask, wash your hands, keep social distance and avoid crowded places.
The CDC’s new report now shows the age of the people Between 20 and 29, more than 20% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases between June and August Gust.
In June, reports of an increase in people aged 200 or older in the southern states showed an increase in positive tests in children aged 20 to 39 over the previous eight days – indicating that younger adults are more likely to be infected.
The CDC notes that younger people are more likely to do front jobs that keep them open and they are less likely to follow social distance guidelines. And because small groups are more likely to have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, they could have spread the virus without knowing it.
Covid-19 cases increase in children
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospitals Association, U.S. In 58,587,000 children tested positive for the virus.
The organizations found that cases of children between September 74 and 33 were reported between September and 17 – according to their group’s pediatric report, this group increased by 15% in two weeks.
The groups listed cases based on age are provided by health department websites in 49 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, but only one of the states reports satellite hospital admissions and mortality. The AAP called for more detailed reporting from the states.
“At this time, it appears that serious illness caused by Covid-19 is rare in children,” the report said. “Nevertheless, states should continue to provide detailed reports on COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalization, and mortality by age and race / ethnicity in order to document and monitor the impact of COVID-19 on children’s health.”
Further phase 3 vaccine tests may be initiated
The country’s leading infectious disease specialist Dr. According to Anthony Fawcett, the U.S. will not be vaccinated against Covid-19 this year in “large quantities.”
“We will not make all doses available, for example, by the end of December, as the months go by.” “By the time you reach the third or fourth month of 2021, you will have a dose for everyone,” he said.
He said the priority for the vaccine would be potential health care providers, people with underlying conditions and vulnerable populations.
CNN’s Amanda Watts, Lure Ren Mascarenhas, Shelby Lynn Erdman, Jane Christensen and Andrea Diaz contributed to the report.
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