Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to produce a child-friendly guide to the covid-19 outbreak and relevant governmental actions, including schools closures and social distancing.

Public Health England (PHE) has signposted teachers to E-Bug resources that will help younger children understand how diseases spread at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

PHE will also publish guidance for teachers providing ideas on how emphasise the importance of handwashing through games, singing and play. This guidance will be published shortly.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has further resources on COVID-19, including a child friendly poster which can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/covid-19_childfriendly_poster_cc_march2020_0.pdf