
That will make it easier to notice if the child’s behavior or symptom’s change throughout the day. Daily health checks are a great way for providers to take a few moments to notice how each child is looking, feeling and acting when they first arrive.

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As they learn more, we will get a better understanding of how to protect ourselves. How can I prepare?ĭoctors and scientists are still learning about the new virus and trying to understand how it spreads from person to person. We are learning more about the virus every day, so it is important to know how to prevent infectious diseases from spreading and where to go for accurate public health information. While this is not a time to panic, it is time to prepare and be vigilant about handwashing, surface cleaning and keeping a safe distance from others. About 20% will face a more severe illness that may require hospitalization. About 80% of people who get sick with COVID-19 will get a mild form of the illness, with common symptoms of fever and cough. There have been over 1000 confirmed cases across 47 states. Should I be worried?Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 (the respiratory illness caused by novel coronavirus) is considered a pandemic, or global outbreak. Because the strain of the virus is novel, or new, more people are getting sick and we don’t have a good vaccine to prevent it. That’s what is happening with coronavirus this year. Sometimes, a new strain of the virus emerges that people have not been exposed to before. Most of the strains are familiar, meaning people have been exposed to them in the past and many people are immune to them. Like the flu, there are different strains of coronavirus that can make people sick. (Editor's Note: This blog post was originally published January 30, but was recently updated on March 14 to reflect the most up-t0-date information around the spread and status of the illness.)Ĭoronavirus is a fairly common type of virus that can cause coughs, colds and fevers. And this year, Coronavirus, concerning new respiratory illness from China is getting a lot of attention and has many people worried about what will happen as it spreads in the United States. For those of us who work with children every day, the sounds of coughing, sneezing and nose-blowing are an unpleasant soundtrack playing on repeat from November to May.

This time of year, illness seems to be everywhere.
