Coronavirus has become one of the most rampant flu infection that started in China. The outbreak has caused thousands of cases and hundreds of people are already in hospitals and quarantines. Although there is still no cure to this virus, experts and doctors have recommended strengthening one's immune system and observing precautionary measures.
Experts advised to wear face masks to protect you from possible symptoms that are airborne and can be taken from human contact. In addition to this, proper hygiene routines, eating healthy food and taking vitamin C can also help.
While outbreaks are still happening from almost everywhere across the world, one of the most worried people are parents. As parents, your child's safety and health is your top priority at times like this. As the officials from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced this week in one of their conferences, it is not a matter of if one can get the virus, but it is more of a question of when it will spread in the United States.
With this, parents are starting to worry about their children, who often are out of their homes because they go to school every day. If you're one of those parents who are worried sick of coronavirus spreading in your area, these tips might help you guard your kids from this dreaded disease.
Keeping your children healthy does not only mean letting them eat nutritious food and getting them vitamin C for their immune system. You should also be responsible enough to keep an eye on them, their food intake, and their hygiene routine.
But, as parents would most likely ask, are children more susceptible to coronavirus?
First and foremost, there is still no strong evidence that children are more vulnerable to the virus, and it is still unclear up to this point. According to Dr. Aaron Milestone, an epidemiologist and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, doctors and experts are also unsure of why there is not much reported news about children getting the virus.
Most children are also prone to respiratory viruses more often than adults. As doctors and experts would say, it is not new for a healthy child to come down with flu up to 10 times a year, especially if they go to school or daycare. The reason behind this is children are exposed to other children almost every day and they tend to be a little more forgetful or irresponsible of doing proper hygiene, like washing their hands or keeping their hands to themselves.
Also for younger children, they tend to sneeze on their friends or in public freely and not covering their mouths or noses when they do so. Lastly, children also have weaker immune systems since theirs is still developing.
Until now, there is still no evidence or proof from experts and doctors that children are more vulnerable to coronavirus. According to the CDC, the majority of the confirmed coronavirus patients are adults. Also, the biggest number so far regarding this outbreak already has 44,000 cases in China alone, and there are no deaths yet that are younger than 9-year-old children.
