An 11-year-old girl who managed to get only one vaccine is hospitalized in critical condition, when she is diagnosed with Corona. The girl suffers from background diseases Also, despite the trends in other countries in the world where there has been an increase in hospitalization of children with coronary heart disease from the Omicron strain – in Israel so far “the number of children hospitalized is relatively low”
At Kaplan Hospital, an 11-year-old girl is hospitalized today (Friday), who was diagnosed with corona and her condition is currently defined as serious. The girl, whose family lives in a moshav in the southern coastal plain, suffers from background illnesses, and was rushed to the hospital with breathing difficulties.
Dr. Alex Guri, acting director of the children’s division at the hospital, said that “the girl, who suffers from background illnesses, managed to get vaccinated with only one dose,” before she was hospitalized.
“Dr. Guri said optimistically that although there are about 85,000 children diagnosed with corona, so far the number of relatively hospitalized children has been kept low.” “And this,” Guri added, “despite other trends we’ve seen in the U.S. and the UK, where there has been a significant increase in the number of children hospitalized due to Omicron.”
He said, “At this stage,” we are prepared with the Corona Department for Children, if we need to, “he added. .
Meanwhile, another 49 corona patients are hospitalized at the hospital, of whom: 13 in critical condition, 6 in critical condition, 5 in moderate condition and 25 defined in mild condition