At present, infants and young children under 3 years old do not have new coronavirus vaccine that can be vaccinated. However, since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, many children and even babies a few months old have been infected with the new coronavirus. Under the blank of immunization , how should infants and young children take good protection? On November 19, the reporter interviewed Fan Xiaobao, the attending physician of the Infection Control Office of Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital.
Try to take your children out as little as possible. Generally, infants and young children are not wearing masks
The main transmission route of COVID-19 is through respiratory droplets and close contact. The route of infection between infants and adults is the same. Therefore, Fan Xiaobao suggested that caregivers must pay attention to epidemic prevention of infants and young children and should not be taken lightly.
Babies refer to children from birth to 1 year old. Children at this stage wear masks can easily cause dyspnea and even have the risk of suffocation. Therefore, babies should not wear masks, mainly passive protection, that is, try to take children out as little as possible, and rely on the protection of caregivers to indirectly protect children. During the severe epidemic, in order to minimize the risk of infant infection as much as possible, a caregiver can be relatively fixed. Caregivers should try not to go out, reduce gatherings, and simplify their personal itinerary. When taking care of your baby, do not sneeze or or . When coughing or sneezing, use a tissue to cover your mouth and nose, and then throw the used tissue into the closed trash can and wash your hands with running water and hand sanitizer. The caregiver must wash his hands before touching his child's tableware, toys, daily necessities and other items, or before communicating and playing with his children. Do not share tableware with your child. When feeding your child, do not blow food with your mouth, and do not try food or chew food to feed the child with your mouth.
1 to 3 years old should also reduce going out. Generally speaking, do not wear masks. If you want to go to medium- and high-risk areas or crowded areas, fever clinics, and other places with risk of infection, you can wear masks according to parents' wishes. The steps for young children to wear and remove masks are consistent with the adults. However, the face of children is relatively small. Caregivers should buy special masks suitable for children to wear. Do not use adult masks instead of children's masks, as this will not achieve the prevention and control effect. If the child is very resistant to wearing a mask, don’t force him. The caregiver should try not to take the child to crowded areas and closed public places.
For precautions for children aged 1 to 3 years old wearing masks, Fan Xiaobao also mentioned that you should always pay attention to the status of children wearing masks to prevent suffocation. If the mask is wet and dirty, it should be replaced in time. It is necessary to avoid wearing it for a long time. Children should not wear masks for more than two hours in a row. In the middle, the children should be breathable. When the children cry, take off the mask in time to let the children rest for a while. Wash your hands carefully before wearing a mask for a child, then hold the two ear hooks of the mask, hang them on the child's ears, and organize the mask to maintain the appropriate state to avoid large gaps and affect the protective effect.
guides the cultivation of healthy behaviors of infants and young children, and the residents are vaccinated in time.
If you really need to take the infants and young children out, you should maintain a safe distance of more than 1 meter from others during your trip, avoid the child touching public items with his hands, and wash the infants and young children in time after returning home. When carers bring infants and young children to the hospital for treatment or community health service center vaccination, they should make an appointment as early as possible to reduce the waiting time in the hospital or center. Caregivers should guide and cultivate healthy behaviors of infants and young children, such as washing hands frequently, not eating hands, not rubbing eyes, not picking their noses, etc.
At the same time, infant caregivers should also strengthen their protection during their stay away from home, wear masks throughout the journey, wash their hands in time after going home, and try to change their clothes. If the caregiver has symptoms of fever, sore throat, dry cough, etc., he should seek medical treatment in time and avoid close contact with the infant and young children. It is necessary to remind you that people living in infants and young children who have no contraindications for vaccination in their families who are over 3 years old should try to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a timely manner, which is not only to protect themselves but also to protect their children.
In addition, Fan Xiaobao also suggested that caregivers should ensure the regular routine of infants and young children during the epidemic, go to bed early and get up early, have balanced nutrition, and ensure drinking water.Caregivers should pay attention to the care details and add or remove clothes for infants and young children in time according to temperature changes. Winter is the high season for flu . Infants and young children should wear it appropriately and do not over-heat or catch a cold.
The room should be ventilated regularly. When ventilated, the child can be transferred to other rooms to avoid catching a cold. Children's belongings, toys and tableware should be disinfected regularly. In addition to COVID-19, caregivers should also pay attention to preventing infectious diseases such as influenza, chickenpox, , hand, foot and mouth disease, and when infants and young children have symptoms such as fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, rash, etc., they should take protective measures for the children and seek medical treatment in a timely manner. Xi'an Newspaper All-Media Reporter Ma Xiang
Caregivers should pay attention to the care details and add or remove clothes for infants and young children in time according to temperature changes. Winter is the high season for flu . Infants and young children should wear it appropriately and do not over-heat or catch a cold.The room should be ventilated regularly. When ventilated, the child can be transferred to other rooms to avoid catching a cold. Children's belongings, toys and tableware should be disinfected regularly. In addition to COVID-19, caregivers should also pay attention to preventing infectious diseases such as influenza, chickenpox, , hand, foot and mouth disease, and when infants and young children have symptoms such as fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, rash, etc., they should take protective measures for the children and seek medical treatment in a timely manner. Xi'an Newspaper All-Media Reporter Ma Xiang
