Children wearing protective face masks stand holding signs during a Veterans Day ceremony at the John Philip Sousa Memorial Bandshell at Sunset Park in Port Washington, New York, US on Nov 11, 2021.Hospitalisation rates for unvaccinated children ages five to 11 were twice as high as among those who were vaccinated during the record Covid-19 surge caused by the Omicron variant, according to a US study released on Tuesday .
The highly contagious Omicron variant, which drove coronavirus infections to record levels in the United States in Jan, fueled an increase in Covid-19 hospitalisations among those under age 18, leading to concerns about the impact on unvaccinated children.
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