How can you protect your family from coronavirus and what should you expect if your child does contract it?
, out of around 550 cases. We don’t know if the young person who died had an underlying health condition, but, in the general population, fatality rates have been much higher among those with another preexisting condition, such as a cardiac or respiratory disease. “Without a doubt, a child who gets infected with COVID-19 will need to be monitored closely, like everyone else,” says Murthy.The tough part is, if your kid does contract COVID-19, it won’t look much different from a common bug.
The Public Health Agency of Canada still rates the level of risk to Canadians as low. However, it acknowledges this could change rapidly. Public health officials will continue to monitor the spread and update testing, quarantine and isolation protocols as the situation changes.This is the time to be vigilant about hand washing and taking other measures to avoid getting sick, like avoiding touching your face, and sanitizing commonly touched items like toys, phones and door hands.
So far we haven’t seen widespread school closures in Canada, but it’s a measure other countries have taken to help reduce the spread of the virus. With respiratory infection like influenza, children are key “vectors of disease spread,” says Murthy. “Let’s just say they have less rigorous hygiene practices.” Plus,
when lots of kids are sitting close to each other in a classroom. That said, the coronavirus isn’t disproportionately hitting kids the way the flu does,Even if schools or daycares are closed, it’s unlikely to be an effective measure on its own, though, says Murthy. Unless other extreme measures, like shutting down public transit and closing numerous workplaces are taken, closing schools and daycares isn’t likely to help much to combat the spread of the virus.
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