You should take care not to give details that are not suitable for his/her age and development.

You can state that COVID-19 has small microbes that can be seen when viewed under a microscope, that is, invisibly small, can cause fever, cough, and hard breathing, but not flu. You should add that while many people can easily recover, some people may find it harder to heal, and that children can overcome this disease very easily.

Another point to be considered precisely here is not to try to give the child more confidence than necessary in cases of uncertainty. You should convey verbal and non-verbal messages that there may be situations where we do not know the answers to what will happen, but that you can cope with these situations. When you ask something you do not know, you can specify that you will investigate it. However, you should make the child feel that uncertainties are a part of life and can be experienced with them.

You should also be careful not to remind these actions frequently, so as to increase anxiety.

It is important to continue domestic routine life (dinner, sleeping hours, family activities).

You can state that hospitals know what doctors should do to keep people safe and healthy, and scientists are researching to find vaccines. You can state that going to school and staying at home is a precaution to prevent microbes from spreading and keeping everyone safe.

You should support our children to be involved in activities aimed at their interests and abilities.

You can work with relaxation techniques…

You can perform physical relaxation and breathing exercises such as deep and slow breathing, tightening various organs of the body individually, and relaxing before sleep.

The way our children show their fear and sadness is different.

It is normal for our children to be more attached to their parents and expect more attention from them in moments of stress and crisis. Aware of this, however, you must meet the child's need for you, without excessive interest or behaviour that reduces the responsibilities of the child.

Information is taken by HASUDER (Public Health Experts Association) COVID-19 page, supported by Public Health Specialist Assist. Prof. Meltem Akın Dikleli, faculty member of the Faculty of Health Sciences of our university.

-No new country/region has reported COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

-There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine protects humans against the COVID-19 virus. Two clinical trials addressing this question are underway, and the WHO will evaluate the evidence when evidence is available. In the absence of evidence, the WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for the Prevention of COVID-19. For more detailed information...

-WHO Director General's opening speech at the COVID-19 press conference on 13 April 2020;

1) That COVID-19 decreases much more slowly while increasing very rapidly, so control measures need to be removed slowly and in a controlled manner,

2) That control measures can only be removed when the right public health measures are taken, including a serious capacity for contact monitoring,

3) That in countries with a high proportion of poor populations, stay-at-home orders and other restrictions used in some high-income countries may be impractical,

4) In the news from all over the world, many people have problems accessing food,

5) The closure of schools affects an estimated 1.4 billion children, this disrupts the education of children, increases the exposure of some to ill-treatment, deprives many children of primary food sources,

6) Physical distance restrictions are only one part of the equation and there are many basic public health measures to be implemented,

7) They call on all countries to ensure that they implement home remedies without violating human rights,

8) Every government should evaluate the situation while protecting all its citizens, especially the most vulnerable,

9) The strategies that countries should follow to lift the restrictions have been updated, the factors that need to be addressed are:

* Infection is under control,

* Health system capacities are suitable for detecting, testing, isolating, treating and monitoring every contact,

* Minimizing the risk of epidemics in special settings such as healthcare facilities and nursing homes,

* Preventive measures are being implemented in workplaces, schools and other places where people should go,

* Managing risks from abroad,

* Communities must be fully trained, engaged and competent to adapt to the “new norm”,

- Every country should take a comprehensive set of measures to slow the contamination and save lives, in order to achieve a steady state with no contamination or low contamination,

It was stated that countries should strike a balance between mortality caused by COVID-19 and other diseases and socioeconomic effects caused by overwhelmed health systems. For more information...

Presidency:

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the following statements in his press release after the Presidential Cabinet Meeting held using videoconferencing method,

- There is no shortage in matters such as hospital, intensive care bed, doctor and assistant personnel, materials, equipment, medicine,

- There is no problem in supplying individual health and cleaning materials,

- The message containing the verification code of the Ministry of Health has been sent to 32 million citizens for masks that can be purchased from pharmacies,

- Besides the private sector, all public institutions with a capacity from the Ministry of National Education to the Ministry of National Defense have accelerated mask production,

- There is no problem in the production of some medicines used for treatment in the course of the disease by purchasing the raw material in our country and supplying it as a tablet,

- Health institutions have the capacity to cope with the epidemic both as diagnosis, treatment and intensive care units,

- We have 240 thousand beds, 100 thousand of which are single, in the 518 hospitals spread in 81 provinces, and the number of intensive care beds is 40 thousand,

- In addition to two hospitals with one bed in Yeşilköy and Sancaktepe, they have established 100 new hospitals in Hadımköy and 250 beds in Derince,

- The first part of the construction of the Başakşehir City Hospital has been completed and with a total bed capacity of 2 thousand 862, will be opened on April 20 and the second part on May 15, only the number of intensive care beds of this hospital is 456.

- Pendik Research Hospital started to accept patients with 536 beds,

- The Ministry has delivered materials to 34 countries so far and will continue this support in the coming days,

- Within the scope of the fight against the epidemic, they decided to continue the curfew on weekends as needed in the coming period, and that the curfew will be implemented from 00.00 to 18.00 on April 20.

- An additional resource of 1.5 billion lira was offered to 67 thousand tradesmen through the Paraf Commercial Card with a limit of 25 thousand liras,

- He stated that Halkbank's 375 thousand tradesmen postponed the installment payment of 3.5 billion lira due in the next three months without any additional burden. Click here for further information...

Ministry of Education:

- Minister Ziya Selçuk stated that new lecture videos have been prepared for primary and secondary school students. Click here for further information...

Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure:

Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that,

- PTT has made 8.4 million transactions within the scope of pension and aid payments at home,

- Also no fee is charged for home pension and aid payments and the delivery of the masks. Click here for further informaiton...