2022

Fifth Disease Outbreak At Your Child's Daycare?

If your young child attends daycare during the COVID pandemic, you may have already prepared yourself for the possibility of an outbreak of COVID in the daycare facility. But COVID isn't the only virus that can spread easily through children. Several other viral infections can as well, such as fifth disease. If you've been informed that there is an outbreak of fifth disease at the daycare facility, you likely have a few questions regarding what fifth disease is, what to expect, when you should take your child to a pediatrician, and when your child can return back to daycare.