Child hospitalizations reach record high amid omicron surge: WSJ
The newspaper reported that doctors think that the rise in child hospitalization is not related to a more severe variant but likely the fact that it’s highly infectious. Still, it is not clear whether certain ages’ lack of accessibility for the vaccine plays a role.
It is also not clear how much of a child’s hospitalization can be attributed to COVID-19 or what the underlying cause may be, the Journal noted. Doctors also are still determining how the omicron variant is impacting children.