How To Stay Healthy When Your Child, Spouse Or Roommate Has COVID-19
NPRHow To Stay Healthy When Your Child, Spouse Or Roommate Has COVID-19 Enlarge this image toggle caption sorbetto/Getty Images sorbetto/Getty Images By now, you've likely heard the advice: If you suspect that you're sick with COVID-19, or live with someone who is showing symptoms of the disease caused by the coronavirus, be prepared to ride it out at home. Everyone should still try to sleep in separate quarters from the sick person if at all possible — "whether it's one person on a couch, another person on a bed," Bender Ignacio says. Consider yourself quarantined, too Bender Ignacio says if one person in the household is sick, everyone else in the household should consider themselves as possibly having asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infection, even if they feel fine. "I think that it's probably unfeasible to mask a sick child in their own home," says Bender Ignacio, adding, "If the child is the one who's sick, they need physical contact. The agency says it's fine to wash a sick person's clothes with everyone else's — and make sure to dry items completely.
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