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Title: What is COVID-19? Level 4 reader / Alexis Roumanis.

Names: Roumanis, Alexis, author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200227041 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200227068

isbn 978-1-77437-273-9

isbn 978-1-77437-272-2

isbn 978-1-77437-274-6

isbn 978-1-77437-275-3

isbn 978-1-77437-276-0

Subjects:

lcsh: COVID-19 (Disease)—Juvenile literature.

lcsh: LCSH: COVID-19 (Disease)—Prevention—Juvenile literature.

lcsh: Coronavirus infections—Juvenile literature.

Classification: lcc ra644.c68 r683 2020 | ddc j614.5/92—dc23

What Is COVID-19? Level 4

Roumanis, Alexis 1982 –

Edited by Jared Siemens

Cover design by: A.R. Roumanis

Text set in Arial Regular. Chapter headings set in Arial Black.

first edition / first printing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any other means without written permission from the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency. Critics and reviewers may quote brief passages in connection with a review or critical article in any media.

Every reasonable effort has been made to contact the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this book.

Contents

4 What Is a Virus?

6 What Are Coronaviruses?

8 What Is COVID-19?

10 What Are the Symptoms of COVID-19?

12 How Does COVID-19 Spread?

14 How to Stop the Spread of COVID-19

16 Risks for Different People

18 How Does COVID-19 Affect Children?

20 What Is Social Distancing?

22 How to Practice Social Distancing

24 Why Is Social Distancing Important?

26 How Are Kids Learning with School Closures?

28 What Should People Do if They Feel Sick?

30 What Is a Vaccine?

32 How Technology Is Helping During the Crisis

34 How Car Manufacturers Are Helping

36 What Is the World Health Organization?

37 Timeline

38 Activity - How to Safely Open Packages

39 Activity - Planning a Trip to the Store

40 Activity - Make Your Own

Hand Sanitizer

42 Activity - How to Wash Your Hands

44 Quiz

46 Key Words