Choi Sio Un, who heads the Social Solidarity Department of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), announced during Thursday’s press conference that the government has decided that the city’s government-subsidised crèches (also known as day nurseries) will not resume their service in the new school year, considering that it is not suitable for children aged below three to wear a facemask so that they run the risk of easily getting infected with COVID-19.
Choi said that as in the last few months, parents can apply for their young children to be looked after at their respective crèches – which have been closed since early this year when the COVID-19 epidemic emerged in Macao – if there is no one at home to look after them while their parents are working.
Choi was quick to urge parents to arrange for their children to be looked after at home if they can.
(The Macau Post Daily/Macau News)
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