One student and four staff from the University of Newcastle who arrived in Australia from the Wuhan region in China within the past fortnight have been placed in isolation over coronavirus vigilance.
All are well.
"The university is providing support," Professor Liz Burd said.
Newcastle Grammar School has followed NSW Health advice in asking five students and one staff member who had been travelling in China to stay home for a fortnight.
"No one had any symptoms," Newcastle Grammar School principal Erica Thomas said.
A St Pius X High School teacher at Adamstown has been excluded from the school for a fortnight after travelling overseas with a short stopover in Hong Kong on his return home.
He doesn't have the virus, didn't travel to Wuhan or Hubei province in China and hasn't had close contact with anyone that has the virus, a Catholic Schools Office spokesperson said.
"It's very much a precautionary measure in accordance with national public health guidelines and directions from NSW Health."
The NSW government requested that children who had visited China in the past fortnight not attend school or childcare services "until 14 days have lapsed from their date of departure from China". Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the risk to children was very low and the government had taken this step "as a precautionary measure".
The University of Newcastle has 26 enrolled students with a Wuhan home address.
"We have contacted all 26. All are safe and well," Professor Burd said.
