COVID-19: Camden High School positive coronavirus case
A Year 7 student from a school in southwest Sydney has tested positive to coronavirus. The school will be closed on Friday.
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A high school in Sydney’s south-west will be shut today after a student contracted coronavirus.
Camden High School is the third school to be closed in recent weeks after a year 7 student tested positive to COVID-19.
Students are expected to engage in ‘at-home learning’ for the day to allow for contact tracing to take place. The school will be cleaned before being reopened.
“The school is working closely with NSW Health to establish close contacts. Students will continue to be supported through existing learnings from home arrangements while the school is thoroughly cleaned over the weekend,” a NSW Education spokesman said.
“Students will continue to be supported through existing learning from home arrangements while the school is thoroughly cleaned over the weekend. NSW Education will continue to work closely with NSW Health to ensure that all necessary health advice is adhered to.”
NSW Health encourages all staff and students who have been unwell or has flu-like symptoms to be tested for coronavirus, with a clinic set up at Camden Hospital.
Information about when the school will reopen it’s doors will be provided by the Education Department on Friday.
The closure comes as Lane Cove West Public School reopened after a student contracted the virus yesterday.
The school was cleaned yesterday and a pop-up coronavirus testing site has been opened at Royal North Shore hospital after the year-two student tested positve.
Health minister Brad Hazzard said the student first showed symptoms on a Saturday, and authorities would have “more clarity” on how the child caught the virus in coming days.
It comes little more than a week after a school in Sutherland Shire was shut down after a teacher tested positive to COVID-19 on June 14.
The school was resumed normal classes yesterday after being closed for two-weeks.
A total of 17,175 tests were carried out, compared with 13,278 tests in the previous 24 hours.
Just 54 COVID-19 cases are currently being treated by NSW Health.