Chinanews.com, September 14th. According to the American Chinese website, data released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospitals Association on the 13th showed that in the week from September 3 to 9, the number of newly diagnosed cases of new coronary disease in children in the United States was as high as 243,000 cases.

The number of newly diagnosed children in the previous week was also quite high, adding up to nearly 500,000 cases in the two weeks.

　　Experts pointed out that since the summer, child cases have shown an "exponential" increase in the United States. In the last month alone, nearly 1 million new children were diagnosed, which coincides with the opening of schools in many parts of the United States.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, a total of approximately 5.3 million children have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Data map: The "Drive Speed" new coronavirus testing station set up at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco, California, USA, provides testing services to citizens.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　According to the data, there are currently about 2,200 children hospitalized in the United States.

Texas has the most people with 377 people, followed by Ohio with 258 people and Florida with 168 people.

　　The data also shows that severe illnesses in childhood infections are still uncommon.

However, the two agencies that released the data warn that there is an urgent need to collect more data to study the long-term impact of the epidemic on children, including the long-term physical health damage to infected children, and the emotional and spiritual impact.

　　According to the latest polls by US media, more and more Americans support the implementation of new crown vaccine requirements in companies, schools and daily public places. This turning point comes at a time when people are again worried about the new crown epidemic and are making efforts to fight the epidemic. When partisan differences persist.

　　Polls show that 51% of people support providing vaccination certificates in their daily lives as a preventive measure, and 49% oppose it.

54% of people said that they support letting office workers returning to the workplace provide a vaccination certificate, 55% support the vaccination of returning students, and 55% agree with the vaccination requirements for customers at sports events or concerts.

　　The latest poll was completed between August 3 and September 7, before President Biden announced the expansion of the scope of the vaccine order.

Biden has strengthened vaccine requirements for federal employees and contractors and urged private companies to do the same. These requirements may apply to nearly two-thirds of the American workforce.

　　In addition, due to the highly contagious Delta strain, as many as 86% of the public now believe that the epidemic in the United States is not over yet.

Nearly two-thirds of people said that the US economy has not yet begun to recover from the epidemic, and 41% said that the situation continues to deteriorate. This outlook is more pessimistic than in March.

64% said that they are still taking epidemic prevention measures in their daily lives, and only 36% feel that their lives have basically returned to the normal state before the epidemic.

　　The report pointed out that the latest polls have highlighted partisan differences.

Democrats believe that the likelihood of the epidemic is not over is 24% higher than that of Republicans, and that they are 46% more likely to continue to take preventive measures than Republicans, and they are 54% more likely to support vaccinations in the workplace.