Preliminary reports from South Africa indicate a sharp rise in hospital admissions in Covid-positive children above the age of two, at a time when the Omicron variant is sweeping through the country.
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Show Transcript 10 YEAR OLD ELI TROPIC AND HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD SISTER LILA DROOPY BOTH PLAY TEAM SOCCER WEARING MASKS WHILE PLAYING SOCCER IS A LOT HARDER I REALIZED BUT THEY’RE MOST IMPORTANT ASSIST HAS BEEN IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH BREAKING NEW VACCINE GROUND. WELL, I WAS AFRAID THAT IT WAS GONNA HURT LIKE GETTING THE VACCINE. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE AT ALL. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. I THOUGHT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO WRONG THAT CAN GO WRONG, BUT THERE ARE A TON MORE THAT CAN GO RIGHT. THE SWAB IT’S JUST LIKE A LITTLE CUTE AND THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO SEE GOOD. IT’S JUST ANOTHER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL A FEW WEEKS AGO. THEY WERE AMONG THE YOUNGEST EVER TO GET A COVID VACCINE. SOMEONE HAS TO GO FIRST. IT COMES AS DOCTORS ARE SEEING MORE COVID CASES FINE, TOO THREE AND YO