Little children need more instructions

Dr Amar: Giving general guidelines on social distancing and hygiene is not enough for young children.

CURIOUS hands and minds combined with the excitement of seeing familiar faces again after months apart will make it difficult for early childcare centre staff to ensure that young children stick to social distancing.

These children will need more specific guidance once they are allowed to return to daycare and preschool, said National Early Childhood Intervention Council advisor Dr Amar Singh.

These centres, he said, must take hygiene and safe physical distancing measures seriously as Malaysia and other countries are fighting a long battle – estimated to last at least a year or two – against the Covid-19 virus.