Can Kids Have Play Dates or Hit Up the Playground? Here's Why Doctors Are Giving a Hard No

A pediatrician explains that parents should avoid all play dates and playground equipment to keep COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, from spreading.

Despite the need for social distancing and self-isolation to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus, many parents are still allowing their kids to commingle at play dates and on the playground at their neighborhood park.

Dr. Manasa Mantravadi, a pediatric hospitalist at the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, has a simple answer: yes.Parents Should Stop Arranging Even Small Play Dates

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