'Probable' virus case at Sydney school

By EducationHQ News Team
Published June 12, 2020

NSW's two-week streak of no new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases could be over after a school in Sydney's eastern suburbs was closed because of a probable coronavirus case.

Rose Bay Public School will be closed on Friday, with students to learn from home, as NSW Health investigates a ...

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'Probable' virus case at Sydney school

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