What happened on board the last cruise ship still at sea
In January 2020, the gigantic Costa Deliziosa cruise ship slipped its moorings in the Italian city of Venice and headed out into the Adriatic Sea on an around-the-world voyage. Around 2000 passengers were on board for what they hoped would be the trip of a lifetime.
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Those on board who completed the voyage have been revealing what it was like to cruise around the planet while the world descended into crisis -- as destination after destination was struck from their itinerary, amid mounting fears the virus would climb aboard and wreak havoc.
Find out what they did in this exclusive piece.
Medical expert to children: "Do not drink soaps or detergent or bleach"
Wen's advice was shared during "The ABC's of Covid 19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents."
"Do not drink soaps or detergent or bleach or anything that you and your parents use to clean your house. Don't do that. I'm an ER doctor, and in the ER, I've seen kids come in who get very sick from drinking these things," Wen said. "These are very dangerous things to drink. So, please do not drink them or eat soap or anything like that. You should use, soap, though, on your hands. And wash your hands very well with soap and water. That's because the coronavirus, has Dr. Gupta was saying is this very small virus."
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Kids ask experts about coronavirus: "When can I go to the park again?"
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These questions were asked this morning during the CNN and Sesame Street coronavirus town hall.
"We don't know when it's going to be over. Wish we did. That's the honest answer," Dr. Sanjay Gupta said.
"One thing that's important for everyone, kids and adults, document this time in some way. I tell my own kids, I have three girls myself. I tell them to write down something good every day and practice the gratitude that seems to make the days go by faster," he continued.
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Children older than 2 should wear a mask in public, Dr. Sanjay Gupta says
"The masks are a way to prevent from you spreading germs even as you just breathe," he said.
Gupta said children under 2-years-old do not need to wear a mask, but children older than 2 should wear a mask when they are in public and around other people
"You don't need to sew to make a mask. You can easily make one. You can even decorate your own mask with items you have at your house," Gupta told Sesame Street's Elmo as he demonstrated how to fold a bandana into a face covering.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows children how to properly wash their hands
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Gupta instructed children to sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice while they wash in order to make sure they are thoroughly clean.
"In order to show you how to properly wash your hands I but a little glitter on my hands. That's dirt the challenge to get this up. And I put some dirt and I sing happy birthday twice," Gupta said in a video made for Sesame Street's Elmo.
No evidence that people who had coronavirus are immune from second infection, WHO warns
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“There is no evidence yet that people who have had Covid-19 will not get a second infection,” the WHO said in a new scientific brief.
The WHO is warning against governments issuing “immunity passports” to people who have had Covid-19, assuming they are safe to resume normal life.
“At this point in the pandemic, there is not enough evidence about the effectiveness of antibody-mediated immunity to guarantee the accuracy of an 'immunity passport' or 'risk-free certificate,'" the brief said.
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The health agency says it is reviewing evidence on antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19-infection. The brief says “most” of the studies show that people who have “recovered from infection have antibodies to the virus.”
But as of yesterday, no study has “evaluated whether the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 confers immunity to subsequent infection by this virus in humans.
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You don’t want to be rolling out of your house when this is all over with. Or have increased blood pressure, diabetes, etc. If I can do it, you can do it.
