City officials confirm 7 children hospitalized with COVID-19

SHOULD ALSO WEAR A MASK ATSCHOOL... REGARDLESS OF THEIRVACCATINION STAT.USAND TODAY...THE NUECES COUNTY HEALDEPARTMENT GAVE AN UPDATE OVERTHE RISING NUMBER OF COVID-19INFECTIONS AND HOSPITILAZTIOINNOUR AREA DURING TODAYS CITYCOUNCIL MEETING... OFFICIALSCONFIRMED OVER 100 PEOPLE AREHOSPITILIZED OVER THE VIRUS... APERCENGETA OF THOSE PATIENTSRE ACHILDREN!{***BOXES**}KRIS 6 NEWS REPORTER PETER VANCETAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THESECASES AND WHAT HEATLH EXPERTSARE RECOMMENDING TO SLOW THESPAD{***LIVE**}CORPUS CHRISTI CITY HETHALOFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT AS OFYESTERDAY 7 CHILDREN AREHOSPITALIZED DUE TO COVID-19TWO OF THEM--UNDER THE AGE OFONE.{***PKG**}{***SOT FULL**}"ONE WAS ACTUALLY AFTER BEINGBORN, THE MOTHER WAS POSITIVEAND THE BABY WAS NEGATIVE UPONINITIALLY BEING BORN, BUT ENTHGREW ILL AFTERWARDS."{***VO**}THE INFANTS ARECURRENTLY IN INTENSIVE CARE INLOCAL HOSPITALSTHIS RISINGNUMBER OF CHILDREN HOSPITALIZEDFOR VICOD IS LEAVING PARENTSCONCERNEDAMY MCNAMARA/ MOTHER OF ASTUDENT/ RUNS :10{***SOT FULL***) "ITS VERY SCARY FOR PARENTSAND I REALLY HOPE THEVACCINATION BECOMES AVAILABLTOEYOUNGER ONES.

THATS ALL WE CANDO NOW IS HOPE IT GETS APPROVEDAS QUICK AS POSSIBLE FOR THEKIDS."HEALTH EXPERTS SAY COVID-1IS9STILL A VERY NEW VIRUS AD THELONGTERM EFFECT IT MAY HAVE ONBABIES IS STILL UNKNOWN..THE COVIDVACCINE HAS NOT BEEN APPROVEDFOR CHILDREN UNDER THE A OGE12 YET..PHARMACUETICAL GIANTSPFIZER AND MODERNA HAVE EXPANDEDTHE SIZE OF EITHR VACCINE TRIALFOR THIS AGE GROUP AND PLAN TOREQUEST FDA AUTHORIZATION LATERTHIS YEAR..{***SOT FULL***"BUT AS SOON AS THE VACCINATIONBECOMES AVAILABLE, I’M TELLINGALL MY FRIENDS WITH LITTLE KIDSGET VACCINATED.

THATS THE NUMBERONE THING WE CAN DO: PROTECTOURSELVES, AND OUR FRIENDS, ANDOUR FAMI."LY{***VO**}THEDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHCONFIRMS A MAJORITY OF NURSESAND DOCTORS ARE VACCINATED BUTTHEY ARE UNAWARE OHOW OFF NTHEY ARE GETTING TESTEDTHEY ALSO SAID IT ISPOSSIBLE THAT HOSPITAL EMPLOYEESAND VISITING FAMILY MEMBSCOULD BE BRINGING THE VIRUS INTO HOSTALS.PI{***SOT FULL**}"IT’S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, ANDWE NEED TO TREAT EVEBORYDY AS IFTHEY DO HAVE IT.

YOU KNOW WENEED TO KEEP OUR GUARD UP, WEAROUR MASKS, KEEP OUR DISTANCE,AND TRY TO DREECASE THE SPREAD.WE ALL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TOHELP OUT WITH IT."{***LIVE**}FOR COVID TESTINGSITES, VACCINATIONS CLINICS INOUR AREA OR THE LATESTDEVELOPMENTS ON THE DELTAVARIANT YOU CAN GOO ROU TBSWEITE AT KRISTV DOT