In the United States, in the state of Ohio, staff working in nurseries accounted for less than 1% of cases of contamination, compared to 5% for the rest of the state’s population. Thanks to sanitary rules followed by both families and staff, they have been able to create a healthy environment for the children and the people who work there.
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- Following the rules, both by the family and by the staff, prevents the transmission of Covid-19 in the crèche.
- In Ohio, less than 1% of infected people work in a nursery, compared to 5% in the general population of the state.
Nurseries are safe places. In the context of the current pandemic, nurseries, where dozens of young children rub shoulders every day, nevertheless have a low rate of contamination. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University (USA) found that cases of Covid-19 infection in childcare providers were low, despite repeated contact and a complete lack of social distancing.
Well-followed guidelines
According to the researchers, this low rate of contamination is explained by several factors. First, the instructions transmitted for these establishments are relatively clear, which makes them easy to follow. In addition, the guidelines with regard to children are respected by both families and staff.
For this study, which took place from August to November, the researchers relied on child care facilities in the United States that they said reflected a mix of urban, suburban and rural settings in across the country, providing insight into childcare experiences nationally.
The results show that childcare programs have managed to better manage the Covid-19 crisis thanks to the standards that have been applied. This has helped create safe and healthy spaces for children, resulting in very low levels of transmission.
A contamination-free environment
“We have all seen reports from across the country of large numbers of parents, mostly women, who have dropped out of the workforce during the pandemic to care for their children as schools and daycares were closing“, points out Darcy Freedman, professor of demographic and quantitative health sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. How to reopen and stay open safely is important to tens of thousands of families across the state and hundreds of thousands of families across the country.“.
In Ohio, where the tests took place, less than 1% of all Covid-19 cases recorded in that state have been in people working in nurseries. “Maintaining safety in child care programs requires staff and families to fully adhere to mitigation strategies, both in child care programs and outside of the community.”, says Darcy Freedman. Thus, thanks to this good ecosystem, families whose children were in nursery did not have to leave the labor market to watch over their offspring, unlike what happened in other states.
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