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Melbourne school closed after year 12 student tests positive

UPDATED: An independent Jewish school in Melbourne’s south-east has closed after a student tested positive to COVID-19.

A year 12 student at Leibler Yavneh College in Elsternwick was diagnosed and the school will close until contact tracing and sanitising is completed.

The student last attended school on July 15 and has not displayed any symptoms, according to an email from the school to parents.

The school’s Balaclava Road campus in Caulfield North will remain open.

“We understand that this is an uncertain time, and many in the Yavneh community may be feeling anxious,” the letter said.

Victoria's largest cluster of cases stems from Al-Taqwa College in the western suburb of Truganina.

Many schools have closed for periods during the pandemic due to students testing positive.

Currently, only year 11 and 12 students, as well as special needs students, are attending school for face-to-face learning.