Eight boarders at John Paul College in isolation over coronavirus

Eight boarding students at prestigious school south of Brisbane have been put in isolation for 14 days, as a precaution against coronavirus.

EIGHT male boarding students at a prestigious southside college are in isolation as a precaution this weekend.

The students, at Daisy Hill’s John Paul College, were moved to a villa inside the college's boarding village where they will spend 14 days in isolation as a precaution.

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The college said the students had returned from China or Hong Kong in the past week and will receive their meals in the villa with teachers providing them with school work and lessons.

John Paul College principal Karen Spiller said the move to isolate eight boarders was precautionary and in line with state government guidelines.

John Paul College principal Karen Spiller said the move was in line with state guidelines issued this week and was precautionary as none of the students were showing signs of the virus.

“The latest advice from the Education Department is that only people who have travelled to the affected areas or who have been in contact with a confirmed case, should self-isolate,” she said. “We have every confidence that our other students are not at risk.”

A number of other John Paul College students who live in homestay or with their own families have followed the college advice and will remain at home for 14 days since they were in China or Hong Kong.

John Paul College is one of three Logan schools which have isolated students after the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus a global health emergency this week.

Crestmead State School and Kingston State College also notified parents some students were in self-isolation as a precaution.

A parent of a student at Tamborine Mountain State School, on Logan’s southern border, is also in isolation after travelling on a Tiger Airways flight.

A letter to Kingston State College parents said a year 8 student was on a Tiger Airways flight and was in isolation as a precaution.

Education Queensland said there were no confirmed cases of state school students with coronavirus and no school had been closed.