‘I described it as a ticking time bomb. I felt I was fighting an invisible war and then two or three days after everything went “woomf” and we had to close,’ said nursery director and manager Michelle Barr of Buttons Nursery in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
Ms Barr is one of 16 nursery staff who have so far tested positive out of 19 along with 13 of the 76 children on the roll. The nursery had been fully open since June but closed on Thursday (28 January) and she anticipates it will remain closed for at least two weeks.
‘We were more than happy to open for all because a lot of parents rely on us but we always said we need some form of protection, whether that’s lateral flow tests or the vaccine,’ she said.
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