U.S. reports weekly count of 100,000 child COVID-19 cases
People's Daily Online
(Xinhua) 15:29, May 24, 2022
LOS ANGELES, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 107,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States during the past week, up by about 72 percent from two weeks ago, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.
It marks the sixth consecutive weekly increase in child COVID-19 cases in the United States, said the report published on Monday.
Almost 13.3 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country with over 316,000 of them detected in the past four weeks, according to the report.
Nearly 5.4 million child COVID-19 cases have been reported nationwide so far in 2022.
Children represent 19 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the United States, the report showed.
There is an urgent need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the AAP.
"It is important to recognize there are immediate effects of the pandemic on children's health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth," it said.(Xinhua) 16:55, May 24, 2022
COLOMBO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has hired two international financial and legal advisors to help restructure the external debt of the Sri Lankan government, cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena told the media on Tuesday.
He said that the cabinet of ministers on Monday approved hiring an international financial advisory service provider and an international legal advisory service provider to restructure the external debt of the country.
Gunawardena said that they have received 28 proposals from international financial advisory service providers and 23 proposals from international legal advisory service providers.
The two institutions were recommended by a steering committee appointed by the cabinet, and they have handled debt talks for crisis-strained countries in recent years.
Sri Lanka in April suspended the servicing of its external debt.
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