Now that the school year has formally started and Manitoba kids are back in the classroom, parents and teachers will be on high alert for signs of COVID-19 in their children.Infectious disease expert Dr.
Jason Kindrachuk told 680 CJOB that the pandemic means adults should watch for any shifts away from normalcy in children.“Are your children showing any signs of fever or general malaise?
Are they seeming a little bit more lethargic? Do they have any more aches and pains than usual?“This is the year that we have to have kids staying at home if they show any signs that are different from what ‘normal’ usually is in those children,” he said.Kindrachuk said that determining whether signs and symptoms fall under that description of “normalcy”.