Parents feel ‘isolated’ in COVID’s 6th wave. How to protect your kids
Global News
Canada's COVID-19 sixth wave is playing out differently across the nation, infecting all age groups including children. How can they stay protected during this wave?
As yet another wave of COVID-19 rips through Canada, Julie Lajoie finds herself worrying for her children’s health.
Lajoie, a Winnipeg, Man., mother to a four-year-old and 19-month-old, wonders how she will protect her kids from the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant in a country that is loosening restrictions ahead of the summer season.
“We want to try to protect our kids as much as we can, but that vaccine is not there and there’s no kind of community-level protection that can help to protect them,” she told Global News.
“Parents feel isolated for sure.”
Canada’s sixth wave is playing out differently across the country, with some areas reporting possible peaks in transmission. However, it is clear the wave is not over yet.
When it comes to children, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), out of the 53,601 infections reported during the week of April 10 to 16, 3,008 were in kids under 12.
Adults between the ages of 30 and 49 led the country with the most reported infections during that week, coming in at 18,323.
However, due to testing limitations across the country, case counts likely underestimate the actual number of infections.
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