The Omicron variant continues to spread in the United States, where health authorities in New York see an increase in the number of children hospitalized in connection with the Covid-19
The New York State Department of Health “is closely monitoring an increasing trend in pediatric hospitalizations associated with Covid-19,” according to a statement released Friday.
“The largest increase concerns New York City with admissions which have quadrupled” between the week of December 5 and that of December 19, it is specified. Half of these admissions concern children under the age of 5, therefore who are not yet old enough to be vaccinated.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the United States continues to rise, with nearly 190,000 new cases daily over the past seven days on average, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. The arrival of the new variant, and the end of the year celebrations, synonymous with travel and family reunion, have caused a scramble for tests in the United States, where it is difficult in some places to obtain it.