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Crusoe College in Kangaroo Flat will close on Thursday, October 21, after a positive COVID-19 case attended the school during their infectious period.
A letter to families said the person was on school grounds last week.
"As a result of this, the College will be closed on Thursday (October 21) to allow for contact tracing," the letter said.
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"Please accept our apologies for the late notice as we were only recently informed of this by (the Department of Education and Training)."
Anyone considered a close contact will be contacted by the school on Thursday.
In the meantime, students will be able to access some work through Compass and will also receive communications from their teachers via email.
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A BENDIGO Health spokesperson has said there are currently 17 people in hospital with COVID-19.
Of those, 12 are in the respiratory ward and five are in the ICU.
There are 77 COVID patients being monitored at home through the Hospital in the Home program.
Since Tuesday, Bendigo Health has tested 871 people and administered 997 COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Victoria has recorded 1841 new COVID-19 cases since Tuesday.
Twelve lives have been lost due to coronavirus in the past day.
In Victoria there are now 22,598 active cases.
Across the state on Tuesday there were 78,928 test results received along with 38,881 vaccinations administered.
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Greater Bendigo yesterday saw 13 new COVID-19 cases recorded taking the city's active case tally to 91.
A Bendigo Health spokesperson said there are currently 15 people in hospital with COVID-19.
Of those, 11 are in the respiratory ward and four are in the ICU.
There are 67 COVID patients being monitored at home through the hospital in the home program.
Yesterday, premier Daniel Andrews announced a new $21 million package to get more people vaccinated.
"This funding will help to book appointments, promote existing transport operations or arrange alternatives when needed or to offer respite or occasional childcare in suburbs with low vaccine uptake," he said.
"As you have seen, we have taken this program right into local communities with pop-ups and micro pop-ups which are literally neighbourhood vaccination activity, the end of your street vaccination activity.
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People in NSW who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can now travel to Victoria without needing to quarantine.
Relaxed requirements now apply to fully vaccinated travellers who have been in red or orange zones and the border bubble has been reinstated for Broken Hill and Shepparton.
From midnight Victoria scrapped red zones that applied to Greater Sydney areas so anyone who has been in Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Shellharbour and Wollongong can now enter Victoria on an orange zone permit, without any quarantine or testing.
Anyone who isn't vaccinated requires a permit, must isolate, get tested within 72 hours and stay isolated until they receive a negative COVID-19 test result.
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