Compulsory daycare test causes criticism - "This brings a lot of conflicts into the daycare"
Created: 01/01/2022, 10:02 AM
From: Katarina Amtmann
A test is compulsory for daycare children in Bavaria from January 10th.
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From January 10th, a test is compulsory for daycare children from their 1st birthday.
Parents and porters do not reject the obligation, but there is criticism of the implementation.
Nuremberg - From January 10th, three corona tests per week are also compulsory for kindergarten children.
However, the implementation of the new requirements poses problems and causes criticism from parents.
Corona test compulsory in Bavaria's daycare centers from January 10th - criticism is loud
In the Catholic daycare centers in Nuremberg, the following has been in effect since the end of November: parents must prove once a week that their child does not have a corona infection. Proof from a test center is required for this. The fact that this requirement was suddenly introduced at the time and the parents and their children had to go to overcrowded test centers caused a lot of criticism, as
reported by
nordbayern.de
. In the meantime, the whole thing has settled down. And now the following will soon apply to all children from their 1st birthday: three corona tests per week. However, no certified tests are required for this, and self-tests are also accepted.
However, there is still criticism: Uwe Kriebel, chairman of the parent advisory board of nurseries in Nuremberg, thinks that three tests per week are necessary.
"Parents of young children are already challenged enough," it says in a statement by the Evangelical Daycare Association of Bavaria.
In addition, the test material is always in short supply, especially tests suitable for children are often in short supply in pharmacies, criticizes Christiane Münderlein from the association's board of directors.
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Compulsory daycare test - Corona measures must be "transparent, understandable and proportionate"
Parents and porters do not generally reject the test obligation, as
reported by
nordbayern.de
.
On the contrary: Since there is still no approved corona vaccine for children under five, it is important to recognize an infection quickly, said Münderlein.
Kriebel also advocates compulsory testing; the majority of parents are open-minded.
However, the measures must be "transparent, understandable and proportionate".
Two options if a day-care center test is compulsory
The Free State of Bavaria has two options.
Which one you choose is up to the wearer.
1. You can request that parents present the test cassette on test days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).
2. You have your parents document the tests, including the date and signature, on forms.
Parents must therefore "credibly" assure that the child has been tested, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Corona test compulsory: "This brings a lot of conflicts into the daycare center"
Exactly this formulation ("credible" assure) causes criticism, because "it brings a lot of conflicts into the daycare", Münderlein fears to
nordbayern.de
.
Kriebel would have liked a uniform solution.
“That raises fewer questions than if each carrier has to go their own way.” In particular, the government must ensure that there are sufficient tests.
"If the Free State demands proof, it must also take care of the implementation," he said.
A parents' initiative from the region goes even further and calls for PCR pool tests, as they are already common in schools, also for daycare centers.
Because: Self-tests are too error-prone.
If the Free State of Bavaria sticks to it, it will endanger “the entire daycare family.” Closures and absenteeism among parents could be the result.
The initiators collect votes for their concerns on the Internet, and more than 3700 people have already signed the petition, as reported by
nordbayerrn.de
.
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