A toddler and two teachers are among those infected with COVID19, Health Minister JennyMikakos has confirmed.
Ms Mikakos said there have been a total of 222 coronavirus cases believed to be due to community transmission in Victoria since the beginning of the outbreak, an increase of 12 since Sunday.
The school has been closed for deep cleaning and staff and parents have been alerted of the outbreak. Ms Mikakos said the government had not ruled out imposing stay-at-home restrictions on the six local government areas. "We are very concerned about the level of transmission in those particular locations," Ms Mikakos said.
He stressed that the Black Lives Matter protest did not appear to significantly contribute to the spread.
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