Newsman: The vaccines are on the way but there were no studied on children under 12. They have only been studied in adults country and children older than 12. Parents are struggling with their children’s physical & mental Health and of course the education.
American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association says in there, the latest data available, As of November 19 nearly 1.2 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the pandemic’s start. And over just two weeks — between November 5 to November 19- the number of child cases increased by 28%, according to the.Children now represents nearly 12% of all Covid-19 cases in the country.
While the country is looking for the answer,Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Wednesday, Trials for younger children could start early next year. We “very definitely need to get there,” Dr Collins added.
“We will want to, shortly after the first of the year, also find out does this work for younger children because we know they can be infected and they can pass this along,” he said.
“So that is a next sort of level of test that’s going to need to be done in a … vaccine trial in order to be sure that the vaccine is safe and effective in that group,” he said.
“We think it will be, but we want to be sure,” said Dr Collins.
