Parents, schools on alert as coronavirus casts shadow on start of school year | ABC News

There was extra vigilance as students went back to school today.

The Government has asked families whose children have been in China in the past two weeks to keep them at home.

The precaution was announced following pressure from concerned parents as authorities investigate 16 possible new cases in of the virus in NSW

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