But because of the scale of ongoing outbreaks, more people of all ages are becoming infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus 🦠
First, we should be clear ➡️ Children can get infected 🦠 with COVID19 and transmit it to others.
When sick, most children 👦🏾👧🏽 experience mild infections that can be treated at home.
As we touch on the topic of equity, I want to share an update on the pandemic’s impact on our children 👧🏻🧒🏽 and adolescents 👩🏿🦱🧑🏽🦱
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These data 📊 are also critical to help countries identify gaps and target resources to ensure that the people most at risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death are protected first.
Now more than ever, we need data about how this virus 🦠 is affecting different ages, genders, groups, & geographies, so we can equip local municipalities and districts with the tools 🛠 they need to manage risk and guide their populations during this time.
The more localized the data ➡️ the better.
Because what’s happening in a country’s urban centers might not reflect the reality of its rural regions.
To better understand how this virus 🦠 is progressing and guide decisions, it’s critical that countries continue to collect and use subnational and subpopulation data 📊
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As COVID cases are spreading more actively – and more quickly – than ever before, it’s clear that Omicron 🦠 has become the predominant SARS COV2 strain in our region at the moment.
In the Caribbean, Haiti and Martinique continue to report significant surges as both countries also report some of the lowest vaccination coverage rates in the region 🌎
And infections are especially high ⬆️ in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.
Argentina reported over 797,000 cases, while Brazil’s case count of 477,000 showed a 193% increase over the prior week.
