Texas childcare centers see sharp increase in coronavirus cases after months of relative calm
Laura and Nathan Tate kept their 2-year-old son, Cameron, home for months during the pandemic. But when three of their restaurants reopened, they felt safe sending him back to their daycare in Rockwall because the facility was taking safety precautions and was coronavirus-free.
But after Cameron recently developed a fever, the couple rushed him to the ER. On June 13, less than a week after returning him to Primrose Daycare, the center told the Tates that a staff member — one whom Cameron had interacted with — had tested positive for coronavirus. They panicked, wondering about their son’s health and how many people might potentially, and unknowingly, have been exposed to coronavirus if their son tested positive for the disease.
“It just started like a domino effect,” Laura said. “You just start putting together all the pieces of what could be happening.”
Cameron, now 3, tested negative for COVID-19 and positive for strep throat. Other children and staff at his daycare and centers throughout the state tested positive for the coronavirus.
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