This document provides information about the coronavirus for children. It explains that the coronavirus is a type of virus that can make people sick. It is spread through droplets from coughs or sneezes and people can catch it by touching their face. Most people only get mild symptoms like a cough or fever, but some may get very sick, especially older people or those with other health problems. Everyone needs to stay home to avoid spreading the virus and help stop it. Washing hands and not touching the face can help. Schools and some places are closed temporarily to protect people. Staying home with family can be fun but also worrying. Children are helping by following these rules and should talk to adults if worried or do schoolwork.

1. Coronavirus

2. 1.Can’t go outside very often.
2.You’re not going to school.
3.Can’t visit your friends.
4.ight hear it on the news.
5.Grown-ups who look after you are at home.
There’s a new word you might have heard.

3. WHAT IS THE CORONAVIRUS？
1.is a kind of virus.
2.they can sit on your skin without you feeling them.
3.that can make you ill.
4.There are lots of different sorts of coronaviruses and some of them infec
t people.
5.If you have been infected with one of these coronaviruses, all you proba
bly had was a snotty nose or a cough.

4. HOW DO YOU CATCH THE CORONAVIRUS?
1.Coronavirus germs live in people’s throats and mouths.
2.the germs come out of their mouth in tiny drops of water.
3.It’s easy to get the coronavirus germs when you touch your nose or your
outh.
4.If the person with the coronavirus germs on their hands uses a door,some
one else opens the door, they get the germs on their hands too.

5. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CATCH THE
CORONAVIRUS?
1.lots of people get coughs and a high temperature.
2.Some people also have a headache or aches all over their body.
3.The body has an amazing weapon against viruses called antibodies and the
n the person gets better.
4.That means there are more different antibodies inside you right now

6. SO WHY ARE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT
CATCHING THE CORONAVIRUS?
1.there are some people who find it harder , because their bodies aren’t as strong.
2.They might be people who are more than 70 years old , or already have other ill
nesses like cancer that might make their bodies weaker.
3.they have to go to hospital and they might need to use a special machine called
a ventilator to help them breathe.
4.That’s why these people really need to stay at home, away from anywhere they
might catch the coronavirus.

7. 1.doctors and scientists want to help everyone do that quickly and safely.
2.Doctors don’t have a cure for the coronavirus yet because it is a new illness.
3.A vaccine is a special medicine that is usually injected into your body while y
ou are healthy.
4.The antibodies in your blood can practise killing these germs, so that if you
catch that virus, they can start fighting the live virus germs faster.
IS THERE A CURE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS?

8. WHY ARE SOME PLACES WE NORMALLY GO
TO CLOSED?
1.we don’t pass it on to anyone who might get very ill.
2.schools and libraries – are closed at the moment.
3.people can only go outside their homes if they really, really have to.
4.have to stay at home to protect the people who will find it hard to fight the
coronavirus.

9. WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE AT HOME ALL THE TIME?
1.being at home with the people you live with can be great fun.
2.The grown-up or grown-ups who look after you might also feel worried.
3.If you are worried, talk about your worries to a grown-up who looks after
you,maybe you could talk to a teacher.

10. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?
1.You are already helping a lot by staying at home.
2.wash your hands,washing them for long enough – long enough to sing
Happy Birthday twice!
3.have to wipe or blow your nose, use a tissue and put it in the bin straight
away.
4.If you have to cough or sneeze,do it into the inside corner of your elbow, n
ot on to your hand.

11. 1.be kind to the people that you live with.
2.try not to fight with brothers and sisters.
3.you are not at school, do your school work.
4.giving grown-ups a big hug.
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?

12. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?
1.if we are all careful and we all stay at home, we are doing what
we can to stop the coronavirus spreading.
2.One day, quite soon, though nobody knows exactly when, you’l
l be able to visit people you love who don’t live with you.

13. We did it together！