Tips to keep children healthy while school’s out Based on available evidence, children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults.
While some children and infants have been sick with COVID-19, adults make up most of the known cases to date. You can learn more about who is most at risk for health problems if they have COVID-19 infection on Are you at higher risk for severe illness.
You can find additional information on preventing COVID-19 at Prevention for 2019 Novel Coronavirus and at Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities.
Additional information on how COVID-19 is spread is available at How COVID-19 Spreads. The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar in children and adults.