The City of Peterborough will be offering free child care services to parents who work at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and Peterborough Public Health beginning Monday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, the city announced the service will be offered through a new emergency child care plan for provincially identified essential workforces.
The City of Peterborough closed its daycare facilities on March 17. At the time, they were expected to remain closed until March 31.
No other licensed child care providers are allowed to be open at this time, except through the emergency child care plan, which is being delivered by Social Services for the City and County of Peterborough. “The workers at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and