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Tens of millions of students are stuck at home because their schools have been closed due to the virus spread.
Many of them are doing online lessons run by their schools, and on this unprecedented mass scale there are a huge variety of new technologies and apps being used.
The word from Wuhan https://t.co/4R5Fwwd26Z pic.twitter.com/pi5iDwRUsX
A 12th diagnosis has been confirmed in the Australian state of Victoria, in a woman from Indonesia aged in her 50s, health authorities have said.
She flew from Jakarta to Perth on 27 February, feeling well, and began developing symptoms two days later. On 2 March the woman flew to Melbourne on Virgin Australia flight VA682, and saw a GP on 6 March. The GP ordered Covid-19 tests, which confirmed her as positive on Saturday. The woman is well, and is in self-isolation being cared for by family.
BREAKING: A twelfth case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Victoria, with a woman from Indonesia testing positive last night. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/BV8ao7ZdqP
Department of Health and Human Services statement. pic.twitter.com/b4HzXOlkwd
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