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Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe - The Conversation AU

Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe - The Conversation AU

Heading back to the playground? 10 tips to keep your family and others COVID-safe - The Conversation AU
Oct 28, 2020 1 min, 18 secs

With lots of kids running around, and parents looking on, how can you ensure your trip to the playground is COVID-safe for you, your children and others.

Scientists are still working to understand the importance of this form of transmission — commonly termed airborne transmission — in the spread of COVID-19.

Another possible route of transmission is contact with contaminated surfaces.

On the other side of the coin, public playground equipment may not be cleaned regularly.

So there could be some risk of transmission via contaminated surfaces.

Take disinfectant wipes or wet wipes with you and wipe down areas little hands frequently touch (such as swing chains) before your kids use the equipment, particularly if they’re too young to understand instructions.

Ensure your children sanitise their hands before getting on the equipment, after playing, before eating and before leaving the playground.

Avoid physical contact between your kids and other kids in the area.

Use the playground outside of peak use periods to reduce the amount of contact with others

While younger children may not understand or follow instructions well about keeping away from other children or touching their face, fortunately, they appear to have a lower risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19, and of developing severe disease if they are infected

The focus with young children should be on frequent hand hygiene and preventing physical contact with non-family members as much as possible

With little COVID-19 transmission in Australia now, and most playgrounds being outdoors, a trip to the playground is fairly low-risk, and we know physical activity carries many benefits for children and adults alike

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