Covid today Italy, Baby Jesus: “Beds are all occupied”

With the new wave of covid infections in Italy, “we expected a growth in cases among children, with an increase in positives and hospitalizations. And so it was: today we have all Covid beds occupied, with an average of a short hospital stay, a situation very similar to that of the first wave. We have 14 children hospitalized and 2 in the emergency room who will be hospitalized. The average age of the hospitalized, as of December 24, sees 55% under 5 years, 24% over 12 years and 21% between 5-12 years. The age is lowering, if we analyze the data we see that there is an increase in positives under one year of age and in particular under three months, the bands that have committed us to more also in the other phases of the pandemic “. Andrea Campana, head of the Covid Center in Palidoro of the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome, underlines this to Adnkronos Salute, taking stock of the epidemiological situation among the little ones. The doctor’s invitation to parents is: “Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate your children between 5-11 years old”. While for the forecasts for the beginning of 2022, the pediatrician is very clear: “I am not a fortune teller, but Omicron is much more contagious, as we have already seen in other countries, and takes over Delta, it will supplant it. Unfortunately, among those who do not children under 5 are also vaccinated – he remembers – This is why I expect an uphill January, where infections and even hospitalizations could increase “among the little ones. “It is true that in many cases the disease is not serious, but a three-month-old baby with a fever of 40 degrees for three days needs hospitalization. This commits the structure and the beds.”