Dayton Children’s Hospital opens coronavirus hotline

Dayton Children’s Hospital announced that it has opened a new phone hotline to provide information on the coronavirus and how it relates to kids.

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The phone line will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight every day, including weekends, according to the announcement.

This line will be staffed by nurses at Dayton Children’s, though if you call and receive the voicemail option, the hospital asks that you leave a message and the nurses will call you back.

In addition, the hospital said it has collected resources to provide up-to-date information on the virus, which it posted on its website.

The phone number for the new hotline is 1-888-746-KIDS (5437).

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