Covid Infections In Children Rise In UK Month After Schools Reopened
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined a winter plan to cope with the coronavirus, and children over 12 years old are being offered a COVID-19 shot.
The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England increased in the week ending September 25, Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Friday, led by an increase in infections in school-age children.
Schools in England have been open for around a month, and some epidemiologists have highlighted concern about rising cases among children, although it is yet to translate into a sustained increase in infections for the population more broadly.
There was an estimated prevalence of 4.58% among secondary school-age children, meaning more than 1 in 25 tested positive for COVID-19, compared to 2.81% of children in the age range testing positive in the previous week.
The overall prevalence figure for England was 1 in 85, slightly higher from the previous week's figure of 1 in 90, although it remains lower than it was two weeks ago, when it was estimated at 1 in 80.