Know the symptoms of COVID-19:

If you have a fever, cough, or shortness for breath after 14 days, seek medical treatment.

For additional info. please see this website: http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Main Web Page 

Health Tips:

• Be cautious when talking about the COVID -19 issues, it may either increase or decrease their anxieties.
• Talk to a trusted adult about your health and safety as well as your child’s.
• If children seem to be sick or have a fever, consult with your primary care doctor or nurse practitioner.
• Ensure students that schools are cautious when addressing COVID-19 disease.
• Wash hands often with warm soap and water for 20 seconds and wash between fingers.
• If you don’t have sanitizer use soap and water in a quirt bottle to clean hands when not at home
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Stay home when you are sick.
• Keep social distancing when our in public to be about a few feet away from others.
• Cover your cough or sneeze into your elbow or sleeve or tissue and throw away tissue.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Clean and disinfect objects such as door handles, kitchen knobs, and use cloth grocery bags to wash when returning from shopping.
• Keep your home clean and teach your children life skills on “How to Clean”.
• Make cleaning chores part of their reward to play video games or be on social media.

HAND HYGIENE: 

• Video for young children: CDC - Wash Your Hands! (30 seconds)
• Video for older children: CDC -Fight Germs, Wash Your Hands! (3 minutes)

Additional Resources:

Talking with Children: Tips for Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Talking-With-Children-Tips-For-Caregivers-Parents-and-Teachers-During-Infectious-Disease-Outbreaks/SMA14-4886

Coping with Stress During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Coping-with-Stress-During-Infectious-Disease-Outbreaks/sma14-4885

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html

Handwashing and Hand Sanitizer Use at Home, at Play, and Out and About

https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/pdf/hand-sanitizer-factsheet.pdf

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact our county hotline at 1-209-468-8686, National Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room/hospital.