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The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, will provide his daily update at 11.30am AEDT today.
It’s the last update before tomorrow’s expected announcement of the further easing of restrictions in the state.
Australia’s ABC has reported the principal of the East Preston Islamic College in Melbourne has said the family of the child who attended school while infectious with Covid-19 is considering leaving the area after being devastated that it has led to the virus spreading.
The family had been isolating, but was told by the Victorian health department that two of the family’s children could return to school. English is not their first language, and it was interpreted that this meant all three children could go back to school, too.
