In the United States, where the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing again, the hospitalization rate of children under the age of 4 who cannot be vaccinated is increasing, said Warensky, director of the CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Called to protect the child from infection and hospitalization by vaccination.
CDC director Warensky said in a telephone meeting on the 7th that "the hospitalization rate of children is the highest ever" as the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing again in the United States. , Especially in children under the age of 4 who have not reached the target age for vaccination, said it is increasing.
According to the CDC analysis, the hospitalization rate for children under the age of 4 in the week leading up to the 1st of this month was 4.3 per 100,000 population, a significant increase from 2.6 in the previous week.
"The most important thing in protecting children is the vaccine. Children of age who can be vaccinated should be vaccinated, and children of age who cannot be vaccinated should be protected by vaccination by surrounding adults." I called.
In the United States, 62.5% of the population has completed vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine, which is a low level in developed countries, and only 36% of people have completed booster vaccination to improve the effect.
The U.S. government has shortened the interval between Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to the third vaccination to five months, and has expanded the scope of vaccination by starting booster vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 years with immunodeficiency. I'm trying to move forward.