♪ ANNOUNCER: YOU’RE WATCHING NEWSCENTER 5 AT 11:00. NATHALIE: A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MISSING HER GRADUATION TODAY BECAUSE OF COVID. THE 18-YEAR-OLD FROM LEOMINSTER TESTED POSITIVE AND COULD T ATTEND HER GRADUATION. SHE IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS DISAPPOINTED NOT TO BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THAT STA.GE SHE NOW HAS A MESSAGE FOR OTHER TEENAGERS ABOUT GETTING THE SHOT I HAVE CRIED ABOUT IT THIS WHOLE TIME. I JUST DO NOT HAVE EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW. IT HURTS TO THINK ABOUT IT. I SHOULD HAVE WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE. NATHAL:IE CANDIDA SAYS HER PRINCIPAL IS PLANNING SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HER ONCE SHE IS OUT OF QUARANTE.IN NATIONWIDE, ENTE HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT UPTICK. A NEW CDC REPORT WARNS THAT TEENS CAN STILL GET COVID AND IS ENCOURAGING THEM TO GET THE VACC
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‘It hurts’: Highschool pupil encourages others to get vaccinated after lacking commencement attributable to COVID-19
Up to date: 7:54 AM CDT Jun 7, 2023
A highschool senior is encouraging different youngsters to get vaccinated in opposition to the coronavirus after she missed her highschool commencement attributable to a COVID-19 analysis.Candida Pereira Dufrechu, of Leominster, Massachusetts, examined constructive for COVID-19 and couldn’t attend her college’s 2023 commencement ceremony on Saturday.Dufrechu is the primary particular person in her household to graduate highschool and was disenchanted that she couldn’t stroll throughout the stage.”I’ve cried it out this entire time, so I simply do not have feelings proper now,” she stated. “It hurts.”Dufrechu now has a message for fellow youngsters who’re hesitant to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.”Fascinated about it, I ought to have once I had the prospect,” she stated about getting the vaccine.Dufrechu stated her principal is planning one thing particular for her as soon as she is out of quarantine.The variety of COVID-19 hospitalizations amongst youngsters has seen a slight uptick nationwide. A brand new report from the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention warns teenagers that they’ll nonetheless contract the coronavirus and is encouraging them to get vaccinated.
A highschool senior is encouraging different youngsters to get vaccinated in opposition to the coronavirus after she missed her highschool commencement attributable to a COVID-19 analysis.
Candida Pereira Dufrechu, of Leominster, Massachusetts, examined constructive for COVID-19 and couldn’t attend her college’s 2023 commencement ceremony on Saturday.
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Dufrechu is the primary particular person in her household to graduate highschool and was disenchanted that she couldn’t stroll throughout the stage.
“I’ve cried it out this entire time, so I simply do not have feelings proper now,” she stated. “It hurts.”
Dufrechu now has a message for fellow youngsters who’re hesitant to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
“Fascinated about it, I ought to have once I had the prospect,” she stated about getting the vaccine.
Dufrechu stated her principal is planning one thing particular for her as soon as she is out of quarantine.
The variety of COVID-19 hospitalizations amongst youngsters has seen a slight uptick nationwide. A brand new report from the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention warns teenagers that they’ll nonetheless contract the coronavirus and is encouraging them to get vaccinated.
