Experts investigating the virus outbreak at a Melbourne school have come up against an issue they’re struggling to solve.
More than 117 COVID cases have now been linked to an outbreak at the Al-Taqwa college that health officials say is alsooutbreak now includes over 58 students
But it’s not known whether the virus started spreading among family groups or at the school, which has been on holidays in recent weeks. “I don’t have the details of those linkages but I know our Victorian colleagues are looking closely at the various clusters and as they look more closely, they are finding linkages. So it is possible they are closely linked.
“Sometimes the first person who develops symptoms is not the first person who’s been exposed. So it is tricky in that regard.”Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said it “isn’t feasible” for students and teachers to wear masks at school. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Crosling, Professor Sutton said today mask use “isn’t feasible in schools” as officials weigh a return to home learning.
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