(CNN) Students heading back to the classroom for the new school year will be contending with one of the most dangerous times in the pandemic for children. Wen said that it's clear what's required to make school safe for children -- layers of protection. The clock is ticking to authorize vaccines for children, expert saysCurrently, Covid-19 vaccines are only authorized for people 12 and older, but many experts and officials have called for the efforts to approve vaccines for younger children to be expedited before more children are infected. Parents of Tice Elementary School students drop their kids off for the first day of school in Fort Myers, Florida, on August 10, 2021. At Children's Hospital New Orleans, 18 children are hospitalized with Covid-19 and six are in the pediatric ICU.

Source: CNN August 11, 2021 05:47 UTC