Common Human Coronaviruses
In a child, a fever is a temperature above 100 F on an oral thermometer or 100.4 F on a rectal one. Some children and teens who are in the hospital with COVID-19 have an inflammatory syndrome that may be linked to the coronavirus. Doctors call it pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome . Symptoms include a fever, a rash, belly pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and heart problems. For the virus to be transmitted from animals to humans, a person has to come into close contact with an animal that has the infection. The 2019 coronavirus causes more deaths than the seasonal flu. According to a February 2021 research letter in JAMA Network Open, approximately one-third of people with COVID-19 had persistent symptoms as long as 9 months after infection. The virus (officially named SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for over 200 million infections globally, causing over 4.5 million deaths. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if you have symptoms of acute respiratory illn...