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UPDATE
4.30pm
Students have been sent home from Bandiana Primary School after a member of the school community tested positive to COVID-19.
4pm
Victory Lutheran College will reopen to the majority of year levels on October 26 after undergoing cleaning.
12.15pm
Lavington's Holy Spirit Primary School and Wangaratta West Primary School have both closed after someone in the school community tested positive to COVID-19.
In a letter to parents, Holy Spirit Principal Matt Kean said all staff and students should self-isolate until further notice.
"The Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga has been advised by NSW Health that a member of the Holy Spirit School community has tested positive for COVID-19," he said.
"Our school will be non-operational on Monday 25th of October for the on-site attendance of students, staff and visitors to allow time for contact tracing and cleaning."
Wangaratta West Primary will close for one day and is expected to reopen on October 26, with students not identified as close contacts to return to onsite learning.
PREVIOUSLY
10.15am
Victory Lutheran College has closed after a student tested positive to COVID-19.
The school confirmed they had closed to call students from Foundation to Year 12 and were working with the health department to identity primary close contacts.
The case attended the school last week.
10am
Wodonga Primary School and Melrose Primary School have both closed due to COVID-19.
In a letter to carers Wodonga Primary School principal Damian Duncan confirmed someone with COVID-19 attended the school on October 22.
Mr Duncan said the school will be closed as a precaution to allow time to identify students and staff on campus between October 20 to 22 and may have had close contact with the case.
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"Once that review is complete, we will let you know if you or your child has been identified as a primary close contact," he said.
"If we do not contact you by Monday 25 October to say that you or your child has been identified as a primary close contact, you or your child should return to school on Tuesday 26 October."
All staff and students must only leave home for brief periods to undertake necessary activities.
In an online statement Melrose Primary School confirmed a COVID-19 case attended school on October 19 and 20.
Remote learning is being provided during the closure.
It is expected the school will reopen on October 26 for all students who have not been identified as primary close contacts.
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