1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to sleep Tight Stories. 2 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 2: Coronavirus a book for children by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson, 3 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: and Nia Roberts, illustrated by Axel Shuffler. There's a new word. 4 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: You might have heard. You might hear people talking about it, 5 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: or you might hear it on the news. This word 6 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: is the reason that you you are not going to school. 7 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: It is the reason you can't go outside very often, 8 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: or visit your friends. It might be the reason why 9 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: the grown up or grown ups who look after you 10 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 2: are at home. 11 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: The word is. 12 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: Corona virus. But what is it and why is everyone 13 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: talking about it? The coronavirus is a kind of virus. 14 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: Viruses are tiny germs that are so small that you 15 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: can't see them. They are so light that they can 16 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: float through the air in tiny drops of water, and 17 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: they can on your skin without you feeling them. If 18 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: some of these germs get inside you, they can use 19 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: your body to make more germs, and that can make 20 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: you ill. There are lots of different sorts of coronaviruses, 21 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: and some of them infect people. If you have been 22 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: infected with one of those coronaviruses, all you probably had 23 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: was a snotty nose or a cough. But when this 24 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 2: completely new coronavirus germ gets inside a human body, it 25 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: causes an illness called COVID nineteen. When people talk about 26 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: catching the coronavirus, they are talking about this illness. How 27 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: do you catch the coronavirus? Because this coronavirus is new, 28 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: scientists don't know everything about it yet, but they think 29 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 2: that there are two main ways that people can catch it. 30 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: Coronavirus germs live in people's throats and mouths. When someone 31 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: who has the coronavirus coughs or sneezes or breathes out, 32 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: the germs come out of their mouth in tiny drops 33 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: of water. Though you can't see the germs, you can 34 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: sometimes see these tiny drops. In cold weather, they make 35 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: a cloud of steel. So if someone else accidentally breathes 36 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: in the air with the coronavirus germs in it, they 37 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: would probably get the illness. It's easy to get the 38 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 2: coronavirus germs from inside your body on your hands when 39 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: you touch. 40 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: Your nose or your mouth. 41 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: If the person with the coronavirus germs on their hands 42 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: uses a door, the invisible germs can live on the 43 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: door handle for hours. When someone else opens the door, 44 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: they get the germs on their hands too, and if 45 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: they touch their nose or mouth, the germs can get 46 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 2: into their body. So you can also catch the coronavirus 47 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: by touching things that someone with the virus has already touched. 48 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 2: What happens if you catch the coronavirus. Some people, particularly 49 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: most children, hardly feel ill at all when they get 50 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: the coronavirus, but they still have coronavirus germs in their 51 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 2: body that they could give to someone else by mistake. 52 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 2: When they get the coronavirus, lots of people get coughs 53 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: and a high temperature. Some people also have a headache 54 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: or aches. 55 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: All over their body. 56 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: People are usually ill for a few days, but bodies 57 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 2: are amazing things. When a new germ like the coronavirus 58 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: gets into somebody's body, their body knows that the germ 59 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 2: shouldn't be there and starts killing it. The body has 60 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: an amazing weapon against viruses called antibodies. Tiny cells in 61 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: your blood make antibodies to fight each different virus invader. 62 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: The antibodies catch the viruses, then the blood cells swallow 63 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 2: them up and destroy them, and. 64 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: Then the person gets better. 65 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 2: Each of us has more than ten billion different kinds 66 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 2: of antibody inside us. That means there are more different 67 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 2: antibodies inside you right now than there are people in 68 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: the world. So why are people worried about catching the coronavirus? 69 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: Nearly everyone has a body that is healthy enough to 70 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: fight the coronavirus, but there are some people who find 71 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: it harder because their bodies aren't as strong. They might 72 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: be people who are more than seventy years old or 73 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 2: already have other illnesses like cancer that might make their 74 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 2: bodies weaker. They need more help to fight the coronavirus. 75 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: This means they have to go to hospital, and they 76 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: might need to use a special machine called a ventilator 77 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: to help them breathe. That's why these people really need 78 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 2: to stay at home, away from anywhere they might. 79 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: Catch the coronavirus. They won't be able to have visitors. 80 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 2: That might mean you won't be able to go and 81 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 2: visit some of your family for a while to help 82 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 2: keep them safe. Is there a cure for the coronavirus? 83 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 2: Most people get better from the coronavirus by themselves, but 84 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: doctors and scientists want to help everyone do that quickly 85 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: and safely. Doctors don't have a cure for the coronavirus yet. 86 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: Because it is a new illness, some medicines that doctors 87 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 2: already know about might help, so they are trying them. 88 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: Out on people who are ill. 89 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 2: But even if they don't work, scientists are also working 90 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 2: on making completely new medicines for the coronavirus that no 91 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 2: one has ever had before. A vaccine is a special 92 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 2: medicine that is usually injected into your body while you 93 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 2: are healthy. Inside the medicine are weak or dead virus germs. 94 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: The antibodies in your blood can practice killing these germs 95 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 2: so that if you catch that virus, they can start 96 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 2: fighting the live virus germs faster. 97 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: You probably already. 98 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: Had some vaccines when you were a baby, so that 99 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 2: means you won't get some illnesses. It takes many months 100 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 2: to make a new medicine. Before you can give it 101 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 2: to lots of people, you have to make sure that 102 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: it is safe for everyone, so you have to try 103 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 2: it out carefully on a few people at a time. 104 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: Then when you know it works and it is safe, 105 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: you have to make enough for everyone who needs it. 106 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: Why are some places we normally go to closed. 107 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: Although lots of people will get better from the coronavirus. 108 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: It's really important that people who might become very ill 109 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 2: don't catch it. 110 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: This means we need to. 111 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: Make sure that as few people as possible get the 112 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 2: coronavirus so that we don't pass it on to anyone 113 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: who might get very ill. And if lots of people 114 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: get ill and have to go to the hospital at 115 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 2: the same time, then hospitals will get too busy to 116 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: look after people properly. It's so easy to get the 117 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: coronavirus that we need to be very careful that we 118 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: don't get too near people who don't live with us. 119 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 2: And that's why all the places where lots of people 120 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: are together, like schools and libraries are closed. At the moment, 121 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 2: the government of this country has said that people can 122 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 2: only go outside of their homes if they really really 123 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: have to. Some people like doctors or nurses, or people 124 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 2: who work in food shops or people who deliver things 125 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 2: to our homes have to go out of their homes 126 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 2: to do to work. Most people can also go out 127 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 2: of their home if they need to buy food or 128 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: to exercise, but they must be very careful not to 129 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: go near anyone else. If you or anyone in your 130 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 2: family feels ill and thinks they might have the coronavirus. 131 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: You can't come out of your house at all for 132 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 2: two weeks. We all have to stay at home to 133 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 2: protect the people who will find it hard to fight 134 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: the coronavirus. What's it like to be at home all 135 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: the time. Sometimes being at home with the people you 136 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 2: live with can be great fun. You can do things 137 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 2: together that you wouldn't normally do when you are at 138 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 2: school or when the grown ups are at work. But 139 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 2: sometimes I feel bored. Sometimes I miss my friends. Sometimes 140 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: I feel angry, Sometimes I feel sad. These are all 141 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 2: normal things to feel, and everyone who lives with you 142 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 2: probably feels the same way sometimes, even if they try 143 00:13:55,480 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 2: not to show it. The grown up or grownups who 144 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: look after you might also feel worried. Sometimes they might 145 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 2: feel worried about work. Sometimes it might be hard to 146 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 2: buy the things that you all need, and that might 147 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 2: worry them too. If you are worried, talk about your 148 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: worries to a grown. 149 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: Up who looks after you. 150 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 2: If you are still going to school, maybe you could 151 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: talk to a teacher, or maybe you could talk to 152 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: a teacher or someone else in your family on the 153 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 2: phone or using a computer or tablet. 154 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: What can I do to help? 155 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: You are already helping a lot by staying at home, 156 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 2: but you can also help by taking extra care to 157 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: make sure you don't catch or pass on the coronavirus 158 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: to anybody else. Did you know that viruses are killed 159 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: by soap, so if you wash your hands really carefully 160 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: and for long enough, you won't have any coronavirus germs 161 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: on your hands. You can sing a song while you 162 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: wash your hands to make sure you are washing them 163 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 2: for long enough, long enough to sing Happy Birthday twice. 164 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: If you have to wipe or blow your nose, use 165 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 2: a tissue and put it in the trash straight away. 166 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 2: Remember to wash your hands too, because the coronavirus lives 167 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 2: in your snot and it can get on your hands 168 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: from the tissue. If you have to cough or sneeze, 169 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: do it into the inside corner of your elbow, not 170 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 2: onto your hand. Then you can't give the coronavirus to 171 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: other people that way. If everyone does these things, it 172 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 2: will make a big difference. What else can I do? 173 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: Another important thing you can do is to be kind 174 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: to the people that you live with. Things will be 175 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: different and perhaps difficult for all of you. If you 176 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: live with brothers and sisters, you might sometimes find them annoying, 177 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 2: but try not to fight with them. If you live 178 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: with grown ups, maybe you can help them by doing 179 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: what you've been asked to do or giving them a 180 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 2: big huh. If you are not at school, do your 181 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 2: school work. It will help to keep your mind busy 182 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: so you won't be bored, and then when you go 183 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 2: back to school you will have learned a lot. If 184 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 2: you don't have a screen of your own, talk about 185 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 2: how you can share screen time fairly with everyone who 186 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: needs it. Remember, grown ups who live with you might 187 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 2: have to do work as well. If they do, you 188 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 2: can help them by not disturbing them when they are 189 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 2: trying to work. Then they will be more likely to 190 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 2: have time to do fun things with you. Maybe you 191 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 2: could make a list of things that you would like 192 00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 2: to do with them. What's going to happen next? This 193 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: is a strange time for everybody, and it's happening. 194 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: All over the world. 195 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 2: But if we are all careful and we all stay 196 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 2: at home, we are doing what we can to stop 197 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 2: the coronavirus spreading, and that gives the scientists and doctors 198 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 2: time to work out how to cure the illness and 199 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 2: maybe stop people getting it all together by using medicines 200 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 2: and vaccines. One day, quite soon, though nobody knows exactly when, 201 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 2: you'll be able to visit people you love who don't 202 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: live with you. 203 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: Play with your friends. 204 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: Go to school again, and do lots of other things, 205 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 2: things that you enjoy but that you can't do now. 206 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: One day, this 207 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: Strange time will be over, and we will have done 208 00:19:17,520 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 2: it together.