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Melbourne primary school students in quarantine as Keilor Downs cluster grows - ABC News

A class of year two children in Victoria has been placed into quarantine for a fortnight after a student tested positive to coronavirus.

The student was in close contact with a person linked to a family cluster in Keilor Downs.

The number of cases linked to Keilor Downs, in Melbourne's west, has increased by three overnight to a total of 11.

One of the three new cases included a student from Holy Eucharist Primary School in St Albans South.

The student was at school on Tuesday, May 26 but was not displaying symptoms and was tested on Thursday after being in close contact with a family member from Keilor Downs.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said about 30 students from the primary school were in self-isolation for 14 days.

Holy Eucharist Primary School is expected to reopen on Monday.

A fence with signs pointing Grade 2 students to the correct gate they can enter the school from.
The students in the affected class will be placed into quarantine for two weeks.(ABC News: Nicole Asher)

Professor Sutton said transmission of coronavirus in schools is very unusual and he does not expect any more cases at this school.

"We haven't had children infect adults in school settings and transmission between children is pretty unusual and for an asymptomatic child, I think the risk is probably even less," he said.

He said he was confident the community cases being found were "all that's out there."

Professor Sutton said he was confident schools "will function normally" into the future and did not expect outbreaks or clusters at schools.

Keilor Downs Secondary College is expected to reopen on Monday or Tuesday.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, a man with grey hair and a short beard.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says there are now 1,645 cases of coronavirus in the state.(ABC News)

Students from Taylors Lakes and St Albans secondary schools attended a VET class with the Keilor Downs student last Tuesday.

Two other cases linked to the Keilor Downs outbreak are close contacts of an existing case.

The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Victoria rose by 11 overnight to 1,645.

Cases at hotel increase to six

The sign outside of the Rydges on Swanston hotel in Melbourne.
An outbreak management squad is providing additional training to staff at the hotel.

The number of cases linked to an outbreak at the Rydges on Swanston, in Melbourne's CBD has risen by four taking the total number of cases linked to the hotel to six. 

Professor Sutton said an outbreak management squad was on-site investigating.

"The investigation will be ongoing and they will be providing additional training and education on PPE for all of the staff who are supporting that site and they'll look into what has potentially happened here to allow the transmission to occur," Professor Sutton said.

"There will be a thorough review of all processes; how cleaning has been managed; how personal protective equipment has been managed; how all the cases in that hotel are managed.

"The staff there have all been tested so there might be additional cases if people become symptomatic and get retested."

The hotel is not open to the public.

Of the 11 new cases, two were detected in returned overseas travellers who are in quarantine and two other cases are under investigation.

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