Corona Spreading among Children in Britain after America

The alarm bell of coronavirus also rang as soon as schools opened in Britain. In the UK, one child out of every 37 children aged 7 to 11 years is found to be corona infected.
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Corona was also unlocked as soon as school opened, one out of 37 children aged 7 to 11 years infected. After most of the schools opened on 1st September, till 11th September, 2.74% of school children were found infected during random testing.

School children were found infected

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Image Credit: Medical News Today

After America, the alarm bell of coronavirus also rang as soon as schools opened in Britain. In the UK, one child out of every 37 children aged 7 to 11 years is found to be corona infected. After most of the schools opened on 1st September, till 11th September, 2.74% of school children were found infected during random testing. According to the Department of Statistics, one in 80 people were found positive in a random test of the general population in England, the highest infection level has been reported in Scotland, one out of every 45.

Ambulance arrangements are made

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged the military to help with ambulance arrangements. At the same time, England's Ministry of Health has provided 3 lakh air monitors to schools. Through these, the air quality in the classroom is continuously checked. Pro. According to Catherine Noakes ventilated classrooms reduce the risk of infection by up to 70%.

Death toll in the US increased by 30%

Even though there is a decrease in the cases of corona in America. But the cases of death have increased by 30% during the last two weeks. The effect of the delta variant is increasing more on people without vaccination. One in every 500 infected patients is dying.

Evidence suggests children are at lower risk

Children represent a small fraction of confirmed COVID-19 cases — less than 2% of reported infections in China, Italy, and the United States have been in people under 18 years old. But researchers are divided on whether children are less likely than adults to get infected and to spread the virus. Some say that a growing body of evidence suggests children are at lower risk. They are not responsible for the majority of transmission and the data support opening schools, says Alasdair Munro, a pediatric infectious diseases researcher at University Hospital Southampton, UK.

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