Coronavirus infections lately are continuing to grow in children and adolescents aged 16, 17 years, but face high rates of weekly cases. This is the result of several tests by the CDC. The statistics are for young people in the US, but experts say the trend is almost the same in many countries.
There are several factors that help explain why teens have higher levels of Covid-19 cases: the Delta variant is highly transmissible and they are more likely to interact with others, especially throughout the summer. Meanwhile, studies also say that teens are even less likely to be vaccinated than all other age groups.
So the answer is simple: We have a highly contagious virus, it will spread to people who are less likely to be vaccinated.
Earlier in the pandemic, the original strain of coronavirus infected the elderly and service workers, hospitals, but now, most people in those groups are fully vaccinated.
Doctors like dr. Tremmel Freeman, say they are worried about what they will see in the coming weeks if the trend continues to grow.
"There could be interim measures for schools if this would affect the wider spread of the coronavirus," he says.
In the past month, adults aged 18 to 29 have had the highest weekly rates of Covid-19 cases of all. Meanwhile in recent weeks, there is a noticeable increase in cases and in the ages of 16-17 years.
There are increasing cases even at the age of 12-15 years or even younger children.
Doctors call for vaccination, but emphasize:
"Remember that vaccination does not mean that all of a sudden everyone is fine and no longer needs to be taken care of. The sooner, the more, the better, but still, keep taking care of yourself and others."
Source: CNN
