A nursery in Hereford has been closed after a case of coronavirus was confirmed.
Lollipops on the common, based near Widemarsh Common in Hereford confirmed the case this afternoon. A statement said:
“We would like to express that we have worked very hard to put stringent procedures in place regarding Covid-19 to keep all of our children, parents and staff safe.
“But unfortunately today a child has been dropped off for their normal session at nursery (having had a covid test on Saturday) the parents have sadly not shared this information with us until they rang mid-morning to confirm the child had had a test and it had come back positive.
“We now have a high number of children and staff having to self isolate for 14 days, this has now forced us as a setting to close.
“We would like to ensure parents that we have been working with Public Health England today and they were very pleased with our Covid-19 risk assessment and our policies and procedures we have in place.
“As I am sure we are sharing the same frustrations this situation has put us all in, and we can only thank our parents for their understanding at this terrible time.”
