Australia's federal government on Thursday urged state premiers to reopen schools as it considers how to start winding back some other ...
Police officers patrol near the Sydney Harbour Bridge following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules in Sydney, Australia, Apr 6, 2020. SYDNEY: Australia's federal government on Thursday urged state premiers to reopen schools as it considers how to start winding back some other restrictions on movement that have helped slow the spread of COVID-19 throughout the country.
However the federal government has said it wants schools to reopen, citing medical advice that children carry a low risk of transmitting the virus. Some leaders of the country's eight states and territories - which administer schools - have departed from that policy and ordered schools shut.The divisive issue is expected to be high on the agenda when the national cabinet, made up of state and federal leaders, formed to tackle the crisis meets later in the day, local media reported.
In Victoria, the country's second most populous state where officials have told parents to keep children at home if possible, just 3 per cent of children attended school on Tuesday, the first day after the Easter break. Students in other states and territories remain on mid-term vacation.
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