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Sunday's NRL game between the Bulldogs and the Roosters has been postponed to tomorrow over a coronavirus scare.
Canterbury forward Aiden Tolman's children attend Laguna Street primary school, in Sydney's south, where a teacher has tested positive to COVID-19.
Tolman has undergone an urgent coronavirus test, with the NRL expecting results by lunchtime on Sunday.
'We're rapidly testing that player (Tolman) as we speak. We believe the risk is minimal, but we're not going to take the risk,' ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys said.
'The message is we're not taking any risk with our players, or the community. Even though the risk is very low, the risk is not worth taking.'
Canterbury star Aiden Tolman's (pictured) children attend Laguna Street primary school, in Sydney's south, where a teacher has tested positive to coronavirus
Tolman has undergone an urgent coronavirus C AR INT 13 PRACTICE TEST, with the NRL expecting results by lunchtime on Sunday. Pictured with wife Zarinah
All 455 school students have been deemed close contacts of the employee and should start self-isolating. Pictured: Laguna Street primary school in Caringbah
The Bulldogs v Roosters game has now been moved to 7pm on Monday, while Sunday's St George Illawarra v Cronulla match at Campbelltown has been brought forward to start at 4pm instead of 6pm.
At this stage Tolman is the only Canterbury player being tested, given if he returns a negative result there is no risk to any other teammate.
The match is the first to be affected by the virus since the NRL's resumption last month.
Students at the school will learn from home until June 24 following the diagnosis, according to the NSW education department.
All 455 school students have been deemed close contacts of the employee and should start self-isolating, a statement from the department said on Saturday night.
'The staff member has had contact with most students at the school during the period they may have been infectious,' the statement said.
New South Wales Department of Education Deputy Secretary Murat Dizdar said the school's principal notified parents on Saturday.
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'The Department of Education discussed this case in detail with NSW Health on Saturday afternoon,' he said.
'We have communicated through our principal with the school community on Saturday evening of our decision to cease operation of on-site learning at the school up until June 24.'
Mr Dizdar said at-home learning would be provided for students. Further details will be provided to parents tomorrow.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney's eastern suburbs was confirmed on Friday to have tested positive for coronavirus.
The Rose Bay case was one of four confirmed in the 24-hour reporting period to Friday night, along with a locally-acquired case still under investigation.
The locally-acquired case - a man in his twenties - brought an end to the state's streak of having no community-transmitted infections recorded for more than two weeks.
He's not believed to have attended any recent protest or mass gathering, NSW Health says.
There have now been 3120 cases of coronavirus in NSW, with 47 people being treated as of Saturday. None are in intensive care.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney's eastern suburbs (pictured) also tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday
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Canterbury forward Aiden Tolman's children attend Laguna Street primary school, in Sydney's south, where a teacher has tested positive to COVID-19.
Tolman has undergone an urgent coronavirus test, with the NRL expecting results by lunchtime on Sunday.
'We're rapidly testing that player (Tolman) as we speak. We believe the risk is minimal, but we're not going to take the risk,' ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys said.
'The message is we're not taking any risk with our players, or the community. Even though the risk is very low, the risk is not worth taking.'
Canterbury star Aiden Tolman's (pictured) children attend Laguna Street primary school, in Sydney's south, where a teacher has tested positive to coronavirus
Tolman has undergone an urgent coronavirus C AR INT 13 PRACTICE TEST, with the NRL expecting results by lunchtime on Sunday. Pictured with wife Zarinah
All 455 school students have been deemed close contacts of the employee and should start self-isolating. Pictured: Laguna Street primary school in Caringbah
The Bulldogs v Roosters game has now been moved to 7pm on Monday, while Sunday's St George Illawarra v Cronulla match at Campbelltown has been brought forward to start at 4pm instead of 6pm.
At this stage Tolman is the only Canterbury player being tested, given if he returns a negative result there is no risk to any other teammate.
The match is the first to be affected by the virus since the NRL's resumption last month.
Students at the school will learn from home until June 24 following the diagnosis, according to the NSW education department.
All 455 school students have been deemed close contacts of the employee and should start self-isolating, a statement from the department said on Saturday night.
'The staff member has had contact with most students at the school during the period they may have been infectious,' the statement said.
New South Wales Department of Education Deputy Secretary Murat Dizdar said the school's principal notified parents on Saturday.
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'The Department of Education discussed this case in detail with NSW Health on Saturday afternoon,' he said.
'We have communicated through our principal with the school community on Saturday evening of our decision to cease operation of on-site learning at the school up until June 24.'
Mr Dizdar said at-home learning would be provided for students. Further details will be provided to parents tomorrow.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney's eastern suburbs was confirmed on Friday to have tested positive for coronavirus.
The Rose Bay case was one of four confirmed in the 24-hour reporting period to Friday night, along with a locally-acquired case still under investigation.
The locally-acquired case - a man in his twenties - brought an end to the state's streak of having no community-transmitted infections recorded for more than two weeks.
He's not believed to have attended any recent protest or mass gathering, NSW Health says.
There have now been 3120 cases of coronavirus in NSW, with 47 people being treated as of Saturday. None are in intensive care.
It comes after a staff member at Rose Bay Public School in Sydney's eastern suburbs (pictured) also tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday
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