On November 16, local time, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association, since the outbreak of the new crown in the United States, more than 1 million children under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with the new crown virus.
The two agencies said in a joint statement that as of November 12, a total of 1039464 children had tested positive for the new crown.
At the same time, in a week from November 6 to 12, newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in children reached 111,946, which greatly exceeded the level of the previous week.
"This growth is accompanied by a surge in viruses in American communities." said Sally Goza, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "As a pediatrician who has been working in medicine for more than 30 years, I find this number shocking and sad. Since we were vaccinated against measles and polio, we have not seen a virus that spreads rapidly in the community like this."
Goza said in a statement that the epidemic has caused heavy harm to children, families, communities, and front-line medical teams.
Efforts must now be made to restore confidence in public health and scientific institutions.
She said: “We urgently need to adopt new strategies nationwide to control this epidemic, which should include the implementation of recognized public health measures, such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.” (CCTV reporter Xu Tao)