Childcare group moots slashing children headcount by 50 pct

CORONAVIRUS | Association of Registered Childcare Providers Malaysia president Anisa Ahmad has suggested that association members reduce the number of children admitted into their facilities by 50 percent.

Anisa said this was necessary to meet social distancing requirements when daycare providers resume operations.

"We have to reduce the number of children if we want to practise social distancing.

"So our target is to perhaps have only 50 percent of the normal headcount, for example having only 20 kids instead of the usual 40.

"We will prioritise the children of frontliners and kids whose both parents have to return to work," she said according to The Star.

Daycare centres were among the businesses that were allowed to reopen tomorrow as Putrajaya ease lockdown restrictions meant to prevent the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.

Among other requirements, staff in daycare centres need to wear masks, record temperatures of anyone entering the premises and sanitise the facility daily.

Anisa said she expected most childcare centres to take up to a month before to meet the requirements to resume operations.

"It's not possible to open on Monday or even next week," she said.

She said some operators were still in their hometowns and will have to self-quarantine for 14 days before reopening their business.

When announcing the easing of lockdown restrictions on May 1, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin made special mention of childcare and cited the need to reduce the number of children being sent to centres.

He urged employers to allow staff to work from home on alternate days in order to tend to their children. - Mkini

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