(Montreal) A new step will soon be taken in the reopening of daycare centers: as of Monday, the ratios of children per educator will be increased in regions hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Educational childcare services located in Greater Montreal, as well as in the MRC de Joliette and the city of L’Épiphanie, in Lanaudière, will be able to accommodate up to 75% of the maximum number of children provided for in their license.
This ratio previously stood at 50%.
The health authorities have also given the green light so that the home childcare providers in these regions can receive up to five children alone, and up to seven children in the presence of another person to care for them. assist.
The office of the Minister of Families, Mathieu Lacombe, made the announcement in a press release on Sunday.
If the epidemiological situation allows, these childcare services can resume operating at full capacity from July 13, we are told.
This is already the case for establishments located outside these “hot zones”, which obtained this authorization on June 22.
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