Guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) and Public Health England (PHE) requires early years settings and schools to be available for six days after closing for Christmas to assist with the tracing of contacts of any positive Covid-19 cases that may be identified.
A nursery manager in west London, who wished to remain anonymous, said, ‘I just want to relax and spend time with my family over Christmas. I feel track and trace is a big responsibility and it is asking a lot of us, especially as we are not a high paid profession. A lot of my colleagues feel the same way.
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