The staged return to school has allowed the Chief Health Officer to monitor the effects on the increased movement of people and transmission of coronavirus within the community.
Tuesday, June 9 figures showed Victoria had a total of 1687 cases with no new cases reported for the 24-hour period from Monday, June 8.
Of the total 1687 cases, 1602 had now recovered. 548,000 tests had been processed.
NSW total on Tuesday sat at 3114 with an increase of two in the 24-hour period. Of the total 3114 cases, 2729 have recovered. 575,856 tests have been processed.
Minister for Education James Merlino said children learning remotely has made a contribution to slowing the spread of COVID-19 as well as announcing schools will be able to apply for a new $20 million Minor Capital Works Fund which will fund shovel-ready projects at government schools across Victoria.
“Going back to the classroom will be a welcome change for students, teachers and families who have all done an excellent job while students learnt from home,” Mr Merlino said.
“Having students learning from home has made a significant contribution to slowing the spread of coronavirus in our community and helped save lives.
“This extra infrastructure funding will mean even more local schools will share in the largest investment in school infrastructure in Victoria’s history.”
With face-to-face learning resuming, schools have implemented staggered drop-off and pick-ups to reduce the number of adults around school grounds at any one time, as well as staggered break times to manage the number of students mixing across year levels.
All schools will implement physical distancing measures for their staff and school staff have been prioritised for voluntary coronavirus testing in the lead-up to Tuesday’s return to on-site schooling.
The Victorian Government is also investing up to $45 million for increased daily cleaning at every government school for the rest of term two and three.
