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title: "Advice for Parents/Carers if Your Child is Ill or Injured"
url: "https://belfield.rochdale.sch.uk/news/2020-04-15-advice-for-parents-carers-if-your-child-is-ill-or-injured"
school: "Belfield Community School"
---

# Advice for Parents/Carers if Your Child is Ill or Injured

  ![Image of Advice for Parents/Carers if Your Child is Ill or Injured](https://files.schudio.com/belfield-community-school/images/news/doc.jpg)  15 April 2020

Whilst coronavirus is infectious to children it is rarely serious. If your child is unwell it is likely to be a non-coronavirus illness, rather than coronavirus itself.

Whilst it is extremely important to follow Government advice to stay at home during this period, it can be confusing to know what to do when your child is unwell or injured. Remember that NHS 111, GPs and hospitals are still providing the same safe care that they have always done. Here is some advice to help:

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### Covid Medical Advise

 Covid19 Advice for Parents  272 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/belfield-community-school/files/documents/covid19_advice_for_parents_when_child_unwell_or_injured_poster.pdf)

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