Third primary school forced to close after child tests positive to COVID-19
A third Melbourne school has been forced to close this week after a child tested positive to coronavirus, among nine new cases in Victoria in the past day.
The pupil attends Strathmore Primary School in the state's north-west.
A third school has been forced to close this week after a child test positive to coronavirus overnight.Credit:AP
It comes after two Melbourne primary schools were forced to close because of an outbreak linked to one family spread across three suburbs on Monday.
One new coronavirus case had been linked to the cluster spread across five households in Coburg, Broadmeadows and Pakenham, with 12 family members testing positive to the virus so far.
The family is understood to have had recent gatherings which resulted in four children contracting COVID-19.
Two of the children attend Pakenham Springs Primary School in Melbourne's south-east, while another two attend St Dominic's Primary School in Broadmeadows. Both schools have been shut as extensive cleaning and contact tracing is undertaken.
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