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newspaper, for kids it really becomes incomprehensive to understand the talks, advisories and other scientific information. To overcome the challenge, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER, Chandigarh) and Panjab University (PU) have created an educative comic series titled ‘Kids, Vaayu & Corona,’ for children to make them aware about the threats of Coronavirus and ways to remain safe by taking simple precautionary steps for prevention and control of spread of the infection.
The Series is based on dialogues between three kids and a superhero of the series, Vaayu, a global citizen, who works for better public health and environment. The first part of the series in simple words explains terms like virus, the spread of virus, symptoms of the Coronavirus, steps for hand washing, importance of social distancing and other common dos and don’ts. The second part deals with more technical terms like quarantine, isolation, pandemic, lockdown, community transmission, vaccine development, surgical masks, PPEs and help lines for contacting
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