COVID-19 : 97,000 American Children Test Positive In 2 Weeks
Abuja (Precise Post) -No fewer than 97,000 children were reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within two weeks in the United States (US). This was contained in a joint report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. The report which summarized what was available on 30th July noted that 97,078 new child cases reported from 16th of July to 30th of the same month signify a 40% increase in child cases in the country. For clarification, the report noted that only 8 states of the United States (US) provided an age distribution of testing, which it used. There were variations in the “child” age ranges “by the states (0-14, 0-17, 0-18, 0-19, 0-20, and 0-24 years” in the report for COVID-19 by states reported for children. With confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe. Perhaps nowhere outside the …
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