Tuesday 7 April 2020

Nurse Sally's Coronavirus Tips

Well, the coronavirus (or Covid-19, as the disease is properly known) has been in the news for a while now, and you’ve probably heard everyone (politicians, news reporters, doctors, random people, your pet hamster…) talking about it a lot.

Most people seem to be dealing with it by panicking, or buying an awful lot of toilet paper, or both… or just carrying on as usual and shrugging. None of these measures are particularly effective, so…

In this time of panic, woe (OK, maybe not so much woe for you kids off school) and no toilet paper, here’s Nurse Sally and Smiley Lemon with some positive words about how to stay safe:




Tip 1: Don’t touch your face (or anyone else’s, for that matter)

Tip 2: Wash your hands/paws/claws/whatever regularly.

Tip 3: Stay away from people!




Nurse Sally and Smiley Lemon feature in Welcome to the Dragon Café, by Kim Vertue and me. Click HERE to find out more about them. To read a free extract of the book, click HERE.

Stuck in Lockdown? You can find some fun free resources on the Red Sparrow website, or if you’re looking for something a bit longer to read, try part one of THIS. It’s an epic fairy-tale fantasy, which is currently available to read for free!

For more information about Covid-19, and what you can do about it, visit the BBC Newsround website.

 Stay safe, everyone!


All facts correct as of  3/6/2021. Information from New Scientist, BBC, and NHS. This was originally and eight-part cartoon, but as the everything has changed so quickly, and so many more discoveries about the virus have been made since I started making this cartoon the other parts are no longer relevant.