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Ontario expands emergency child care to include more essential workers

Ontario has announced it will be expanding emergency child care to include more essential workers.
During a news conference on Wednesday, the province said another 37 daycare centres will reopen for parents who work in retirement homes, grocery stores and pharmacies, truck drivers, the food supply chain, as well as Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence staff in the province.
Child care centres were closed in March under COVID-19 emergency orders but 100 centres were re-opened for the children of front-line health-care and emergency services personnel.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said reopening child-care centres is key to restarting the economy, but he wants to do so safely.
Lecce didn’t provide a timeline for when all child-care centres may reopen.
Currently, the centres can accommodate no more than 50 people.
Staff is also screened before entering, no visitors are allowed, and the centres must be thoroughly cleaned every day before opening.
Premier Doug Ford says he has asked officials to develop a plan to include mandatory testing for all child-care workers after an emergency centre in Toronto was forced to close for two weeks after four staff members and one child tested positive for COVID-19.