In the United States, the cases of COVID-19 have been soaring, leading to increase in hospitalization, and the primary target are children being admitted to the hospital under the age of 4.
As per the CDC-Centers of Disease Control and Prevention guidelines,  Dr Rochelle Walensky said, children under the age of four are not eligible for booster shots, and this infection is also affecting the young ones. However, according to the data provided, the hospitalization rates among Younger children are less in number as compared to the working-age adults.
The CDC figures depict the children’s hospitalization rates in January, where around 100,000 infants were admitted to the hospital as the hospitalization rate was 4.3. Meanwhile, the children of the 5 to 17-year-old cases were 1.1. The elder ones in the age of 18 to 49 are 4.2. Moreover, 14.7 is in between the age gap of 65 and older.
Dr Walensky mentioned that the organization is investigating the maximum count of children admitted to the hospital because of the COVID-19 disease. On the other hand, they are investigating the number of younger children admitted to the hospital for different reasons, excluding the information about the total COVID-19 patients. In winters, youngsters get affected by respiratory-related infections due to common cold and flu, which further leads to hospitalization.
She further mentioned the decision to change the policies shattered by the data research of the different previous variants. If the people are symptom-free, they can leave the isolation ward after the completion of 5 days, and this should be mandated for them to wear a facial mask for additional five days.
