If you think you might have been exposed to someone infected to the new Corona Virus, or you are sick with anything that resembles flu or the symptoms of infection with this Corona Virus, do NOT leave home or go into your doctor. Ring your doctor, talk to them, and follow their instructions carefully!
You could also ring Healthline (for free) on 0800 358 5453
For support with grief, anxiety, distress or mental wellbeing, you can call or text 1737 to talk with a trained counsellor for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Mental Health Foundation have posted these top tips for how to get through the pandemic and what it is causing in the way of fear and uncerntainty
There is an official government website that contains a lot of resources and links to reliable information including help for businesses, and addresses by the PM and Ashley Broomfield of the Ministry of Health.
In particular, you may be interested in the COVID alert levels and what they all mean.
Check out the Beehive news releases as well for information around what measure the Govt is setting up to help us all cope
The Ministry of Health have:
- Tips for managing your mental wellbeing and taking care of children
- An outline of how and when to self isolate
- An outline of current cases
The World Health Organisation also has a lot of resources and information from how to wash your hands to details of what is going on round the world.
A teenager has put together this website which is well worth a look, if you want to see how the official numbers are building across the world. This site is more up to date than the World Health organisation site which is one day behind.
More resources:
A blog post on how you can help to slow the spread of the virus
An article that can help you think through how to greet people without touching them
An article from Scientist Siouxsie Wiles about the importance of taking Covid 19 seriously
An article from Siouxsie again with a great graphic showing how Alert level 2 measures work
Another post on how to look after your mental health
Check out the Nanogirl You Tube Channel for videos about the Corona Virus and some ideas about how to tell children about it
This RNZ article on the Top 5 questions related to Coronavirus
An article by Scientist Siouxsie Wiles on how testing for Covid 19 works -this has a great graphic outlining what the symptoms of someone infected by the virus are.
There has been a bit of a shift in thinking around how to manage the effect of Covid 19 on our health system. If you are interested, this article provides a good outline of how it will work
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