Health Headlines - 12-28-20

In today's health headlines we talk about a new study that shows that children can get COVID-19 and as they get older the risk is more.

We speak about what you can do to safeguard your kids.

Also, some countries are requiring that you have a negative COVID test to enter the country.

RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITYOF FLORIDA HAVE SUMMARIZED THELATEST DATA ON HOW THECORONAVIRUS AFFECTS CHILDREN.FIRST AND FOREMOST -- CHILDRENCAN GET CORONAVIRUS ... FROMANYONE -- INCLUDINGFAMILY MEMBERS,..

FRIENDS,...AND TEACHERS.AS CHILDREN GET OLDER ... THEIRRISK OF A MORE SEVERE ILLNESSINCREASES.NEWBORNS AND CHILDREN WITHUNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS AREAT AGREATER RISK.THE RISK OF DEATH IN CHILDRENIS FAR LOWER THAN ADULTS ...BUT SOME CHILDRENHAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.ABOUT 12-HUNDRED INFECTEDCHILDREN HAVE DEVELOPEDMULTI-SYSTEMINFLAMMATORY SYNDROME ... WHICHREQUIRES HOSPITALIZATION ANDSPECIAL TREATMENTS.RESEARCHERS STRESS -- THE MOSTIMPORTANT WAY TO PROTECT YOURCHILDREN ... IS TOPRACTICE THE THREE W'S.WATCH YOUR DISTANCE INPUBLIC,.... WEAR A MASK,....AND WASH YOUR HANDSOFTEN.PARENTS ALSO NEED TO BALANCESAFETY ... WITH THEIR CHILDREN'SNEEDS TO LEARN ANDSOCIALIZE WITH PEERS.AND BE SURE TO GET YOUR CHILD AFLU SHOT.STARTING TODAY,.... TRAVELERSARRIVING IN THE U-S FROM BRITAINMUST BE ABLE TO PROVETHEY HAVE A NEGATIVE COVID-19P-C-R TEST.THIS COMES AS COUNTRIES AROUNDTHE GLOBE SHUT DOWN THEIRBORDERS TO THEUNITED KINGDOM OVER A NEW STRAINOF COVID-19.MORE THAN TEN COUNTRIES AREREPORTING THE PRESENCE OF THENEWSTRAIN.AMONG THEM -- PORTUGAL,..

NORWAY/LAST WEEK -- JORDAN SUSPENDEDALL DIRECT AND INDIRECT FLIGHTSFROM THE U-K FOR TWOWEEK