There is growing concern among childcare providers that if Covid cases continue to rise at the current rate, large numbers of staff will become infected and there won’t be enough to run the setting, creating a ‘major crisis’.
According to new Office for National Statistics figures, ‘educators’ are 37 per cent more likely to contract Covid than other workers.
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) told Nursery World its members are increasingly asking for advice around staffing concerns due to rising Covid-19 cases.
With no available financial support from the Government, providers are also worried about their future sustainability.
It comes as the number of reports by childcare settings of Covid cases hit a record high and confusion from the Government surrounding the close Covid contact rules for under-fives, which have now been amended, reinstating the advice that young children should get a PCR test ‘immediately’ if they live with someone who has tested positive for the virus.
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