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Prolonged time away from classroom learning could strongly disadvantage almost half of Australian students, a new report says. 9News

The latest coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne, at a meat processing facility, has revealed the fragility of the fight against the pandemic.

But the health minister's announcement yesterday of seven new cases, three of which were linked to a meatworks where eight people had tested positive for COVID-19, prompted Jenny Mikakos to describe the health emergency as still "incredibly fragile".

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