Hundreds of migrant kids with positive COVID-19 tests held in shelters: And that's just the ones who were taken into custody

Yahoo News ^ | 03/25/2021 | Stef W. Kight

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Nearly 2,900 unaccompanied minors tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at U.S. government shelters over the past year — including around 300 currently in the system — a Department of Health and Human Services official tells Axios.

The big picture: The numbers highlight the staggering challenges in trying to manage a child migration crisis during a pandemic, while weighing human rights and child welfare concerns against immigration laws.

Details: Of the unaccompanied children currently in shelters, only about 3% are currently in isolation after testing positive when they arrived, according to the latest statistics provided to Axios.

* About 7.4% of tests given to unaccompanied minors in the past year turned out positive, according to HHS' stats.

* "The positivity rate in general is what was anticipated, and planning has resulted in robust response," HHS spokesperson Mark Weber told Axios. There are more than 200 facilities in 22 states.

* But the positivity rate has been higher — about 10% — at the Carrizo Springs shelter in Texas, opened last month as the first overflow shelter to be used by the Biden administration.

* Youth are tested upon arrival, Weber said, and those who test positive are taken to a negative-pressure medical isolation bed onsite and get around-the-clock care. Carrizo Springs has 180 nurses, doctors and medical personnel, 12 epidemiologists, and two public health experts.

By the numbers: Since March 24, 2020, 38,932 COVID-19 viral tests were conducted for unaccompanied children entering facilities.

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There were 2,897 lab-confirmed COVID-19 tests for unaccompanied children in that time period — and 2,578 have recovered and were moved out of medical isolation — according to HHS.

Currently, 319 unaccompanied children are in medical isolation, while government data obtained by Axios puts the current number of kids in HHS shelters at more than 11,500.

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Getting the influx started again is why both parties cooperated to cheat Trump out.

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Off topic of borders, but this is important news from Italy re: covid-19.

Italy’s version of the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the vaccine’s use be limited to “individuals between 18 and 55 years” because of questions about how well the vaccine worked for older people.

As a result, Italy moved early on to vaccinate teachers within the age range, but also lawyers, prosecutors and hospital administrative staff. Older people, vulnerable and frustrated, went unvaccinated, while Italy’s death rates remained high. On Tuesday, 551 people died of the virus, the most since January.

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I would guess the new ruling class in D.C. better keep the razor wire, armed troops and tall fences up at the capitol for their own safety. I’d sure hate to see anything happen to them.

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The fences that military juntas erect are usually taken down by somebody else aren’t they?

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Actually don’t give a flying fig about COVID-19

I do care about poor people trying to get through our desert and dying and being subjected to horrible criminals

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Seems weird that American children seem to have been less affected by this virus,but that many illegals are? And we are letting them into the country and next stop American schools!?