What to do if a child has coronavirus

Children with novel coronavirus pneumonia are also treated with symptomatic support according to their symptoms. Children may have relatively mild symptoms and rarely have heavy and critical cases, all showing upper respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches or cough and fever. For the above-mentioned symptoms, antipyretic drugs and rehydration drugs should be given to cool down the temperature, and the diet should ensure the supply of calories, in addition to the symptoms of cough, nasal congestion and runny nose, antipyretic and analgesic drugs and anti-cold drugs can be given for symptomatic treatment. Due to the immaturity of children’s bodies, many antiviral drugs cannot be given as symptomatic experimental treatment, but at present, most pediatric patients can be discharged after symptomatic supportive treatment.