Australian governments’ positions on whether to send children to school in term two while coronavirus social distancing rules are in force has many parents confused.
Throughout March the Morrison government opposed school closures on the basis of medical advice, but the issue was forced by Victoria bringing forward its school holidays and other states and territories introducing pupil-free days to prepare for online learning.
Now, with the end of school holidays approaching, the national cabinet, states and territories are revisiting their guidance about whether to continue learniAustralia now has 6,324 coronavirus cases.
That’s an increase of a little more than 500 since last Monday.
Easter Sunday was the lowest increase in numbers in weeks - with 22 new cases reported nationwide.
But health experts have warned against complacency, saying the low numbers correlate with lower testing rates due to public holidays.
The graph below shows the number of cases of COVID-19 in Australia from the date of the first infection.ng at home or send children to school.
Read more: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-how-many-covid-19-cases-does-australia-have-now-c-972559
Throughout March the Morrison government opposed school closures on the basis of medical advice, but the issue was forced by Victoria bringing forward its school holidays and other states and territories introducing pupil-free days to prepare for online learning.
Now, with the end of school holidays approaching, the national cabinet, states and territories are revisiting their guidance about whether to continue learniAustralia now has 6,324 coronavirus cases.
That’s an increase of a little more than 500 since last Monday.
Easter Sunday was the lowest increase in numbers in weeks - with 22 new cases reported nationwide.
But health experts have warned against complacency, saying the low numbers correlate with lower testing rates due to public holidays.
The graph below shows the number of cases of COVID-19 in Australia from the date of the first infection.ng at home or send children to school.
Read more: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-how-many-covid-19-cases-does-australia-have-now-c-972559
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