The three main symptoms of coronavirus in children
are:
a high temperature –
this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to
measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough –
this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing
episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than
usual)
a loss or change to your
sense of smell or taste –
this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things
smell or taste different to normal
If any child in your setting displays these
symptoms then it is very important that they are asked to go home, self-isolate
with their family and get a test. They cannot return until they receive a
negative test.
We need to ensure
that we can prioritise testing for people displaying at least one of these
three symptoms listed above. More information is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/coronavirus-in-children/