If you live with sick parents and caregivers

 If the parent or only caregiver has COVID-19

Everyone in the family should practice daily preventive measures. Those infected with COVID-19 at home should follow CDC's guidance to understand if they become ill and when they can safely end the quarantine.


If the child’s parent or caregiver has COVID-19, follow the steps below to protect the child from infection.


Older child

Children should avoid physical contact with sick parents or caregivers until all sick people have ended their isolation from their families. In order for the child to safely have no interaction with the parent or caregiver, the child should be old enough to legally stay at home alone and mature enough to take care of himself.


Young child

If the parent or the only caregiver takes care of the child when they are sick, they should contact the child’s healthcare provider for advice on how to best protect the child from infection.

  • Young children should always be supervised.

  • If the parent or the only caregiver is too sick to take care of the child, they should check to see if there is a caregiver outside the home who can live with the child. The caregiver should not be someone with a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, because the child may have been infected with the virus. Since the child's last close contact with someone who is sick (within 6 feet from someone for 15 minutes or more), the caregiver will need to help him to isolate him for 14 days.


Children living at home with a sick parent or caregiver

If your child needs to stay home with you (a sick parent or caregiver):

  • You should wear a mask when you and your child are in the same room.

  • Please note that the mask should not be placed in the following locations:

    • Children under 2

    • Anyone who has difficulty breathing or loses consciousness

    • Anyone who is incapable or unable to remove the mask without assistance

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol, and then rub your hands until they are dry.

  • If possible and safe, please try to stay 6 feet away from children.

  • Increase ventilation by opening the windows of the room.

  • Disinfect any items you need to bring to your child.

  • Do not sterilize food brought to children.

  • Pay attention to the symptoms.

    • During this period, nursing staff should self-monitor symptoms.

    • Check your child's temperature twice a day and pay attention to symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough or shortness of breath, or child-specific symptoms. *

    • If your child develops symptoms, call your child's healthcare provider for medical advice and follow the steps below to care for the sick person.

If possible, children should stay away from people at high risk of being seriously ill due to COVID-19.

Children are nursed at home temporarily

If the child will be left at home by a temporary nanny, the new nanny should help the child isolate and perform the following actions:


  • The child should stay in the caregiver’s room for 14 days after the last close contact with the patient.

  • Pay attention to the symptoms.

    • During this period, nursing staff should monitor their symptoms and take daily preventive measures.

    • Check your child's temperature twice a day and pay attention to symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough or shortness of breath, or child-specific symptoms. *

    • If your child does show symptoms, call your child's healthcare provider for medical advice and follow the steps below to care for the sick person.

  • If possible, children should stay away from people at high risk of being seriously ill due to COVID-19.

The caregiver should then be isolated for 14 days after the last day of contact with the sick child.


  • If people have been adequately vaccinated against the disease within the last three months and have no symptoms, they do not need to be isolated.

* COVID-19 symptoms may look different in different groups of people. For many people, contracting COVID-19 is a bit like a cold. People may have fever, cough or difficulty breathing deeply. Most people who get COVID-19 are not very sick. Only a small percentage of people get more serious problems. More information about children and COVID-19.

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