Well being officers are urging dad and mom to maintain poorly kids house from college and say adults ought to masks up in the event that they should exit whereas feeling unwell.
The warning from the UK Well being Safety Company (UKHSA) comes as circumstances of flu, coronavirus and scarlet fever surge.
It additionally comes amid huge stress on A&E items.
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The Royal Faculty of Emergency Drugs says it believes December could have been the worst on file for hospital mattress occupancy and emergency care delays.
Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser on the UK Well being Safety Company (UKHSA), mentioned: “In case your baby is unwell and has a fever, they need to keep house from college or nursery till they really feel higher and the fever has resolved.
“Adults also needs to attempt to keep house when unwell and in case you do should exit, put on a face protecting. When unwell don’t go to healthcare settings or go to susceptible folks until pressing.”
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She additionally urged dad and mom to show kids to scrub their palms with cleaning soap and heat water and catch coughs and sneezes in tissues to assist cease sickness spreading.
However some argue towards mask-wearing. Quoted within the MailOnline, north London NHS GP, Radio and TV presenter and medical author Renée Hoenderkamp mentioned “We now have by no means executed this earlier than Covid, do not do it now.”
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