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The state of New York, without a doubt, is seeing one of the toughest faces of the pandemic. And it is that in recent weeks the hospitalizations of children due to Covid-19 infections have quadrupled.
According to Mary T. Bassett, head of the state Department of Health, “We have seen an increase in pediatric admissions, concentrated in the city area, where there has been an increase of approximately four times.
“We are alerting New Yorkers to this recent surprising increase in pediatric admissions for Covid-19, so that pediatricians, parents and guardians can take urgent action to protect our youngest New Yorkers,” the department head added at a conference on press.
In relation to the age of the interned children, according to the authorities, they range from 5 to 11 years old, of which none had their complete vaccination schedule.
Finally, Mary T Bassett was blunt when she said that “many people still think that children do not get infected with Covid-19 (…) that is not true, children get infected and some will be hospitalized.”
