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San Francisco Schools Have Had No COVID-19 Outbreaks Since Classes Began Last Month
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San Francisco Schools Have Had No COVID-19 Outbreaks Since Classes Began Last Month [npr.org]:
San Francisco Schools Have Had No COVID-19 Outbreaks Since Classes Began Last Month
There have been no COVID-19 outbreaks in San Francisco schools since students and educators went back into classrooms on Aug. 16, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced [sfdph.org] Thursday, noting that about 90% of children ages 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated.
An outbreak, the department said, means there are "three or more cases in non-related households in which the source of infection occurred at the school, and not another setting."
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While the department reported there have been 227 COVID-19 cases — out of 52,000 students and nearly 10,000 staff — the "vast majority" of those cases are occurring outside of schools.
Overall, the department said, the numbers of pediatric COVID-19 cases in the city have remained low throughout the pandemic, even during the most recent delta variant surge.
"COVID-19 cases in children under 18 has remained less than 20% of overall cases throughout this pandemic," the department said. "The vast majority of COVID-19 cases have been in adults."
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Serious forms of pediatric COVID-19 are even more rare, with less than five children hospitalized for the virus at any given time in San Francisco. There are currently no children who are hospitalized for COVID-19 in the city, the health department said.
The data in San Francisco comes as the spread of COVID-19 among children rises in the country, especially in the last month as students head back to school for in-person learning [npr.org].
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Nationally, a greater number of new COVID-19 [npr.org] cases overall are among children.From Aug. 19 to Sept. 2, there was a 10% increase [aap.org] in the cumulated number of COVID-19 cases among children, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.
Los Angeles Is Now The Largest School District To Require Vaccines For Students [npr.org]
The San Francisco health department also emphasized that vaccinations "are our best defense to protect children," noting most pediatric cases of COVID-19 in the city came from unvaccinated adults in a household getting the virus and spreading it to unvaccinated children.
