Live coverage: Third ADF case as schools close over diagnoses
A third ADF member has been diagnosed with coronavirus and it's understood the man is the father of a student who contracted the disease along with another student at a Sydney high school. LIVE COVERAGE.
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A third ADF member has been diagnosed with coronavirus and it's understood the man is the father of a Sydney high school student who also contracted the disease.
NSW Health confirmed the new defence case on Monday - one of seven new cases which have brought the state tally of confirmed diagnoses to 47.
Two year 10 students, a boy and girl from St Patrick's Marist College in Dundas have contracted the virus as well as a year 7 pupil from Willoughby Girls High School.
The girl's Iranian mother also contracted the virus despite not travelling recently while both fathers of the year 10 students, including the ADF member, also tested positive.
The two schools were evacuated on Monday morning and will be closed tomorrow.
A seventh person, a woman in her 30s, was also diagnosed with COVID-19 this afternoon after travelling from the Philippines.
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Originally published as Live coverage: Third ADF case as schools close over diagnoses