Chief health officer Kerryn Coleman rethinks COVID risk as school virus cases send up to 70 into quarantine

Sarah Lansdown
November 2 2021 - 5:30am
Chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman said her team was working on ways to change the risk assessment for COVID-19 cases in schools so fewer people would need to quarantine. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman said her team was working on ways to change the risk assessment for COVID-19 cases in schools so fewer people would need to quarantine. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Another Canberra school has been exposed to COVID-19 as the ACT government refuses to reveal number of staff who were redeployed due to the vaccine mandate for schools and early learning services.

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Sarah Lansdown

Sarah Lansdown

Canberra Times education reporter

Sarah covers all stages of education in the capital, from early childhood to higher education. Previously she was a general news reporter at The Advocate in North West Tasmania. She was named Best New Journalist at the 2019 Tasmanian Media Awards for a series on paramedic shortages. Email: sarah.lansdown@canberratimes.com.au

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