The latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and children's Hospital Association on the 27th local time showed that in the past four weeks, more than 326000 new coronal infections in children in the United States had been reported. Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, more than 13.6 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus. The report shows that as of the week of the 23rd, there were nearly 68000 newly confirmed cases of new coronas in children in the United States, a weekly increase of about 8 times that of the same period last year. Since this year, there have been about 5.8 million new cases of child infections in the United States. The definition of the age of children varies across the United States. Most states set the age of children as 0 to 19 years old.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said that there is an urgent need to collect more epidemic data at all ages to assess the severity of the disease caused by the mutated novel coronavirus and its long-term potential impact on children's health. On the 17th of this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revised the emergency use authorization for Modena and Pfizer new crown vaccines, and approved the use of these two vaccines for people aged 6 months and above. According to the latest revision of the US drug administration, Modena vaccine can be used for people aged 6 months to 17 years, and Pfizer vaccine can be used for people aged 6 months to 4 years.
Previously, Modena vaccine has been approved for use in people aged 18 and above, and Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use in people aged 5 and above. According to the CDC, it is recommended that children aged 6 months and above be vaccinated with the new crown vaccine, which means that about 20million school-age children can be protected by the new crown vaccine. According to the CDC data, children aged 5 to 11 are the lowest group in the United States at present, and less than 30% of this age group have completed the new crown vaccination.