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Coronavirus: Fears over long-term financial impact on nurseries

3 mins read Early Years Coronavirus
The Department for Education (DfE) has been asked to set out how early years providers in England affected by coronavirus will be supported amid fears over the long-term impact of an outbreak.
NASWUT reported a spike in racist bullying over coronavirus. Picture: Adobe Stock
NASWUT reported a spike in racist bullying over coronavirus. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Early Years Alliance (EYA) has said the DfE needs to give clarity on what financial support will be made available, after members voiced worries about the potential financial impact of parents removing their children from setting due to illness or on advice to self-isolate.

The EYA added that its members are particularly concerned whether they would still receive "free entitlement" funding in such instances.

In the UK, there are 373 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of 9am today (10 March), with the government preparing to ask people who show "even minor" signs of respiratory tract infections or a fever to self-isolate in an effort to slow the spread of the illness, named Covid-19.

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