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COVID BEING SUMMER SAFE

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COVID BEING SUMMER SAFE
COVID BEING SUMMER SAFE

With coronavirus lurking , health and local offcials are issung guidance on keeping safer social distancing

Guidance on keeping safer as social distancing rules ease john lorinc reports.

:00 :04 :27 1:00 covid-19 will hover over the summer of 20-20.

Mayor jimmy carroll/isle of palms "please help us help you and everyone enjoy the beaches but let's do it responsibly."

Officials say people should be cautious while on the sand and surf.

Mayor jimmy carroll/isle of palms "we're ready.

We're going to have messaging and we're also asking people to watch our social media."

But some traditional summer activities should probably be avoided this year including concerts, festivals and parades.

Dr. preeti malani/univ of michigan chief health officer "unless you can really limit the number of people and you can have social distancing involved, or maybe you can do it a bit virtually."

As for backyard cook-outs, adults are advised to have masks handy and to maintain distance from others..... the same applies to children.

Dr. preeti malani/univ of michigan chief health officer "they're kids and i think they should get out there.

You can decrease risk, you can't completely eliminate it and frankly there's a risk to not being outside in my mind."

But parents should know about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or m-i-s-c, which might be linked to the coronavirus.

Jack mcmorrow/recovered from mis-c "it was just painful, the only way i could describe it was that it felt like almost electricity or fire coursing through my veins."

A group of doctors organized by the centers for disease control and prevention say kids

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