Private schoolboys are forced to enter quarantine after the KFC they worked at was shut down due to a colleague testing positive for coronavirus
- Three schoolboys self-isolated after the KFC where they worked shut down
- The students are enrolled at St Patrick's College in the north of Brisbane
- Another employee at the KFC Deagon store tested positive for COVID-19
- Parents were informed this morning and the school is operating as normal
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Three private school students have been forced to self-isolate after the KFC where they worked was shut down.
The three boys from St Patrick's College in Shorncliffe, north of Brisbane, were tested and required to go into self-isolation.
St Patrick’s principal Chris Mayes told Daily Mail Australia that the students had been contacted by KFC Deagon over COVID-19 fears.
'Three young men who work at the local KFC were contacted by their employer and asked to self isolate,' he explained.
The principal said that none of them had a confirmed diagnosis as of yet.
Three students from St St Patrick's College (pictured), just north of Brisbane, were forced to self isolate after a fellow employee at KFC Deagon tested positive for COVID-19
KFC Deagon (pictured) shut down on Thursday and will remain closed until further notice
Parents at the Christian Brothers school were sent a letter this morning informing them of the situation.
The KFC in Deagon was shut down on Thursday after another student employee tested positive for coronavirus.
KFC sent text messages to multiple primary and high schools after making the discovery.
A spokesperson told 7 News: 'A team member from our Deagon restaurant has tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution we've closed the restaurant until further notice.'
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'All employees exposed to the member have been asked to self-isolate,' a spokesperson said in a statement,' they said.
Queensland has reported 35 cases of the respiratory infection and Australia's total sits at 194.
The coronavirus crisis has wrought havoc nationwide - with schools closed, flights grounded and stock market plunging almost 30 per cent from its February 20 peak.
Queensland has reported 35 cases of coronavirus and Australia's total sits at 194
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