Mary Wilson
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Updated 1:34 PM ET, Tue January 11, 2022
By Eliza Mackintosh
... Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged the UK's National Health Service was on a "war footing" in a televised address, but said he would not bring in further restrictions.
But leading teachers' unions say the government hasn't done enough to keep classrooms safe, demanding financial support for air-cleaning units, on-site Covid-19 testing and substitute teaching staff in a rare joint letter.
... In the US, more children are being admitted to hospitals than ever before.
The Biden administration has said schools are "more than equipped" to stay open, as Omicron rips across the country.
... they can still get very sick or die, or they could develop complications like life-threatening multi-system inflammatory syndrome and long Covid. Up to one in seven children and young people may have Covid-19 symptoms as many as 15 weeks after illness, a study by the UCL Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London found. According to the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS), 117,000 children in the UK are now living with long Covid.
... "This narrative that it's just a mild virus is not accurate," Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director for vaccine development at Texas Children's Hospital, told CNN's Jake Tapper last week, remarking on the surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations at America's largest pediatric hospital.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/world/covid-omicron-schools-uk-europe-us-cmd-intl/
By Eliza Mackintosh
... Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged the UK's National Health Service was on a "war footing" in a televised address, but said he would not bring in further restrictions.
But leading teachers' unions say the government hasn't done enough to keep classrooms safe, demanding financial support for air-cleaning units, on-site Covid-19 testing and substitute teaching staff in a rare joint letter.
... In the US, more children are being admitted to hospitals than ever before.
The Biden administration has said schools are "more than equipped" to stay open, as Omicron rips across the country.
... they can still get very sick or die, or they could develop complications like life-threatening multi-system inflammatory syndrome and long Covid. Up to one in seven children and young people may have Covid-19 symptoms as many as 15 weeks after illness, a study by the UCL Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London found. According to the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS), 117,000 children in the UK are now living with long Covid.
... "This narrative that it's just a mild virus is not accurate," Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director for vaccine development at Texas Children's Hospital, told CNN's Jake Tapper last week, remarking on the surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations at America's largest pediatric hospital.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/world/covid-omicron-schools-uk-europe-us-cmd-intl/
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