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American Academy of Pediatrics: The number of children's coronavirus infections has soared by 28% in the past two weeks

American Academy of Pediatrics: The number of children’s coronavirus infections has soared by 28% in the past two weeks

by YCPress

November 24 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said that the number of children infected with the novel coronavirus in the United States has increased by 28% in the past two weeks. Today, the number of children accounts for more than 11% of the total number of confirmed cases in the United States. The data also shows that from November 5 to 19, 144,145 new confirmed cases were reported among children aged 17 and under.

In addition, according to the data of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of Beijing time on the 24th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States exceeded 12.42 million, and the total number of deaths exceeded 257,000.

With Thanksgiving approaching, the number of travelers in the United States has increased significantly. According to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, the total number of passengers carried by the U.S. aviation industry from November 20 to 22, which is the highest since March.

In order to prevent and control the epidemic, doctors and experts call on Americans to stay at home. Fauci, an infectious disease expert in the United States, said his biggest concern now is that people from different places will return home for Thanksgiving, and when people leave a certain place, “have to go to places such as airports or railway stations, they are likely to expose themselves .