Question: Should parents continue well child visits and vaccine visits during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: School Dismissals and Children
While school’s out, limit time with older adults, including relatives, and people with chronic medical conditions.
section_content: Older adults and people who have serious underlying medical
conditions are at highest risk of getting sick
from COVID-19.

If others in your home are at particularly high risk for severe illness from COVID-19, consider extra precautions to separate your child from those people.
If you are unable to stay home with your child during school dismissals, carefully consider who might be best positioned to provide childcare. If someone at higher risk for COVID-19 will be providing care (older adult, such as a grandparent or someone with a serious underlying medical condition), limit your children’s contact with other people.
Consider postponing visits or trip to see older family members and grandparents. Connect virtually or by writing letters and sending via mail.


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This answer does not address the question, which asks if parents can continue visiting children in the hospital.
This answer is irrelevant to the question. The answer does not provide any information on well child visits and vaccine visits during Covid-19 outbreak, instead, it provides information on the risk of Covid-19 in older adults and people with underlying medical conditions.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: K-12 Schools and Child Care Programs
section_headers: Recent Travel
What should we do if a child, student, or staff member has recently traveled to an area with COVID-19 or has a family member who has traveled to an area with COVID-19?
section_content: Review updated CDC information for
travelers,
including FAQ for
travelers, and
consult with state and local health officials. Health officials may use CDC’s
Interim US Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of
Persons with Potential Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Exposure in Travel-
associated or Community Settings to make recommendations. Individuals
returning from travel to areas with community spread of COVID-19 must follow
guidance they have received from health officials.

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This answer is irrelevant to the question. The question is asking about well child visits and vaccine visits during Covid-19 outbreak and the answer is providing information about travelers and traveling during Covid-19 outbreak.
This answer is not relevant to the question, as this answer relates to travelers.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: If You Are Pregnant, Breastfeeding, or Caring for Young Children
section_headers: Well visits and routine vaccine visits for children during the COVID-19
section_content: pandemic
Routine well child visits and vaccine visits are still important during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Newborn visits. Ideally, newborn visits should be done in person so that
your pediatric healthcare provider can check your baby’s growth and feeding,
check your baby for jaundice, make sure your baby’s newborn screening tests
were done, and get any repeat or follow-up testing, if necessary. At the
newborn visit, your pediatric healthcare provider will also check how you and
your baby are doing overall. Newborn screening tests include a bloodspot,
hearing test, and test for critical congenital heart
defects. Learn more about newborn
screening tests.
Well child visits. Your pediatric healthcare provider will check your
child’s development at well child visits. You can track your child’s
developmental milestones with CDC’s free Milestone Tracker
app.
Vaccine visits. Vaccines are an important part of keeping your child
healthy, especially if your child is under 2 years old. Vaccines help provide
immunity before being exposed to potentially life-threatening diseases.
Although there is not yet a vaccine to help protect against COVID-19, vaccines
for illnesses such as measles, influenza (flu), whooping cough (pertussis),
and other infectious diseases are important for your child’s health. This will
help to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases among young children
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ask your healthcare provider how they are taking steps to separate healthy
patients from those who may be sick. Some health care providers may choose to
delay visits like well child checks and routine vaccine visits. These
decisions will be based on circumstances in your community and your child’s
individual care plan. Call your provider’s office to ask about any upcoming
appointments or about when your child’s vaccinations are due.

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This answers the question directly by providing parents some information and explanation on routine well child visits and vaccine visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
While this answer is thorough and relevant, it does not give much detail well child visits.

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