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Parents Urged To Reassure Children About Coronavirus

Saturday, 29 February 2020 18:07

The HSE says the risk of catching the virus is still low.

Parents are being advised to reassure children who may become alarmed over the Coronavirus.

The HSE says the risk of catching the virus is still low, although we're being advised to follow precautions like washing our hands and being careful when we cough.

Psychotherapist and Birr's Stella O’Malley says we tend to 'over dramatise' some dangers and kids can get caught up in an unrealistic sense of fear:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed of a confirmed case of Coronavirus in Ireland.

The patient, a male in the eastern part of the country, is currently receiving appropriate medical care.

The National Public Health Emergency Team says he was identified and tested in line with established protocols for the investigation of suspect cases of Covid-19.

The case is associated with travel from an affected area in Northern Italy, rather than in contact with another confirmed case.

Any person concerned they may have symptoms of Coronavirus should immediately isolate themselves from others and contact their GP by phone.

The first case confirmed on the island was a Belfast woman who travelled back from Northern Italy earlier this week.

And the United States has confirmed its first death from the coronavirus outbreak -- with another 22 cases confirmed there.
 

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