Melbourne private school suspends classes over coronavirus outbreak

Four Australian schools have so far been forced to close due to the widening coronavirus outbreak.

Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne will be the first in Victoria to shut its doors over the coronavirus outbreak. Source: Carey Baptist Grammar School

An elite private school in Melbourne's eastern suburbs will be the first in Victoria to shut its doors over the coronavirus outbreak as two New South Wales high schools remain closed. 

Carey Baptist Grammar School in the inner-city suburb of Kew will be closed to staff and students on Tuesday after an adult member of its community developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

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