With the emergence of the new coronavirus, which has been declared a ‘global health emergency’ by the World Health Organization (WHO), Nursery World looks at what precautions settings are putting in place.
The coronavirus, which has now been named Covid-19, causes severe acute respiratory infection, and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people who are infected are likely to recover just like with flu.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, responsible for the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak in 2002-03 and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). Some coronaviruses cause serious illness, while others cause mild or moderate infections, like the common cold.
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