The Department of Education SA has announced another school closure related to the Parafield cluster. Roma Mitchell Secondary College has been closed for a minimum of 24 hours, following the closure of Mawson Lakes School and Preschool, Mount Carmell College and Thomas Moore College who have all announced temporary closures as well.
The Roma Mitchell Secondary College have been informed by the Communicable Disease Control Branch of SA Health that a student at the college has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The Department for Education has enacted its COVID-19 protocol and will shut the site for a minimum of 24 hours. Families have been contacted and students will be released in a manner agreed with parents/carers.
Students have been instructed to go home and stay there until further instructions. Public health officials are carrying out contact tracing and the Department for Education and SA Health will inform anyone who needs to self-isolate.
As soon as the site is vacated the college will be thoroughly cleaning the relevant areas. The site will not reopen until public health officials indicate it is safe to do so.
Gawler District College B-12 has also closed in response to the virus, as one of the school community members has been identified as being in close contact with a positive case.
All members of the school community – staff and students – have been asked to self isolate as a precautionary measure following close contact with an infected person.
For all the latest health updates head to the SA Health Facebook page, which is being updated frequently.
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