Instructions for monitoring and treating children with Covid-19 at home

Hanoi Medical University Hospital has just issued a set of documents guiding child care.Covid-19 infectionat home. In the document, doctors guide parents on some contents such as unusual symptoms in children with Covid-19; requirements for medical isolation at home; essential items to prepare; how to care for children with Covid-19; and how to handle common symptoms.

1. Which children are cared for and treated at home?

2. If there are any unusual symptoms in children, notify medical staff immediately.

3. Requirements for people in home quarantine, essential items to prepare

4. How to care for children with Covid-19 at home

5. How to handle some common symptoms in Covid-19 patients

According to the Ministry of Health, most children with Covid-19 are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms (55%), moderate symptoms (40%), severe symptoms (4%), and critical symptoms (0.5%). Infants under 12 months of age are at high risk of severe progression. Children with Covid-19 often have mild symptoms, so the rate of hospitalization and death is lower than that of adults.

The Ministry of Health provides signs of worsening, requiring emergency notification to 115 or the rapid response team at the commune or ward level for home first aid or immediate hospital admission: rapid breathing; difficulty breathing, flaring nostrils; sunken chest; lethargy, lethargy, refusal to breastfeed/eat; cyanosis of lips and extremities; SpO2 < 95%.

In addition, when your child has 1 of the following 8 unusual symptoms, parents need to immediately notify medical staff for instructions: fever > 38 degrees Celsius; sore throat, cough; diarrhea; chest tightness; fatigue, not wanting to play; feeling short of breath; SpO2 < 96%; poor feeding/breastfeeding.