Doctors fear Delta variant may be more dangerous for children: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’
3 years, 5 months ago

Doctors fear Delta variant may be more dangerous for children: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Emergency room doctors say they are admitting alarming numbers of children with severe symptoms from the Covid-19 Delta variant. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr Rochelle Walensky said it was examining data to see if the Delta variant was causing more serious illness in children. “We are seeing children fall ill that we just simply didn’t see in the first year of the pandemic, before the delta variant came along.” In Florida, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Infectious Diseases medical director Dr Federico Laham said cases had increased in the past two weeks. In Texas, an 11-month-old girl experiencing severe Covid-19 symptoms was airlifted from Houston to a hospital 150 miles away in Temple after none of the city’s pediatric units said they could take her.

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