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Coronavirus Pandemic
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic
of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The outbreak was first found in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in
December 2019, and was declared a pandemic by the World
Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. The
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses named the
virus "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"
(SARS-CoV-2).
The virus is usually spread from one person to another
via lung related small drops produced during coughing or
sneezing. It mostly spreads when people are close to
each other but can also spread when people touch a
contaminated surface and then their face.
Ways people can avoid spreading the virus include hand
washing, covering the mouth when coughing, maintaining
distance from other people, and monitoring and
self-isolation for people who think they are infected.
The disease has since evolved into a pandemic. According
to the European Centre for Disease Prevention cases of
COVID-19 have been reported from many countries in the
world and also cruise ships.
The outbreak may have came from a coronovirus that
usually lives in bats that infected pangolins and then
changed inside the pangolins until it could infect
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Symptoms
Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of
breath. Complications may include pneumonia and acute
respiratory distress syndrome. There is currently no
vaccine or specific antiviral medicine for COVID-19.
Right now, doctors usually give patients supportive
therapy. |
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What can kids do to help
Adults are doing a lot to keep children and adults safe
so there's no need for kids to worry, but kids can play
a part in reducing the spread of the virus by doing
these things. |
- Make sure you wash your hands, by
using lots of soap and rubbing your hands together to
clean all your fingers, under the fingernails and
between the fingers. Sing the "ABCs" or the "happy
birthday" song a couple of times while you wash your
hands for about 20 seconds.
- Cover your mouth when coughing,
maintaining a distance from other people (particularly
those who are unwell).
- try not rub your eyes or nose or put
your hands in your mouth.
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If you have to stay home here's some activities you can do. |
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