What Parents Should Know About Kids and COVID-19

Don't panic, wash your hands, and remember—children are not at high risk from this virus

If there is one thing to remember and encourage in your children in regards to COVID-19, it is to wash your hands.Kzenon/Shutterstock

While the situation is swiftly evolving, and experts are learning more about COVID-19 daily, there are things parents and their kids can do to take precautions.

“The first, and most likely scenario, is that children are contracting COVID-19 but are getting a milder version of the disease,” says Thomas Murray, a pediatric infections disease specialist at Yale School of Medicine and associate medical director for infection prevention at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.