Hon Wilson Tucker asks about the number of WA primary and secondary students isolating as COVID-19 close contacts, broken down by year group. The Minister responds that this data is not collected in the requested format, as close contacts (excluding household contacts) are permitted to attend school.

AnsweredQoN 327Legislative Council
Asked
7 April 2022
Portfolio
Education and Training

QuestionView source ↗

CORONAVIRUS — CONTACT TRACING
327. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
How many Western Australian primary and
secondary school students are subject to isolation due to being a COVID-19
close contact; and, if possible, please provide a breakdown by year group?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
I cannot give the member the
information in the format that he is seeking. As of 10 March 2022, students who
are close contacts, other than household close contacts, are allowed to attend
school. Schools do not report the number of close contacts. As of 6 April 2022,
916 schools had reported a positive case in the previous seven days.

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