Victoria Reinstates Homeschooling Amid Outbreak

Victoria Reinstates Homeschooling Amid Outbreak
A Child doing his schoolwork at his family home in Tarpoly Creek, Australia, on April 5, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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The majority of school students in the greater Melbourne region and Mitchell Shire will return to homeschooling for a month as the Victorian state government struggles to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

Victoria recorded 273 new COVID-19 cases on July 12, the eighth-day of record-breaking, triple-digit figures.