Victorian primary school teacher tests positive to COVID-19

A teacher at a Melbourne primary school has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting authorities to close the school.

The teacher was teaching and supervising students on site at Meadowglen Primary School in recent days before receiving a positive result yesterday.

The school will be closed from Monday through to Wednesday while it is thoroughly cleaned and Victoria Health conducts contact tracing of any potential close contacts of the staff member.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said the case was evidence Victoria was doing the right thing pursing at-home learning.

"I understand there was a small number of students present at the school in recent days," Ms Mikakos said.

"All those families were contacted in the first instance, but the whole school has now been notified."

The teacher is one of 13 new cases recorded in Victoria after more than 9000 tests were conducted in a blitz yesterday.

Three of those new cases were identified as a result of those tests, three others were returned overseas travellers, while another had been a close contact of a known case.

Six cases were at the unnamed meat processing plant.

Ms Mikakos said on Saturday there were no concerns about food safety or risk to the community.

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said the meat company was implementing all appropriate public health measures, including a thorough cleaning process."

The department does not name the sites of outbreaks unless the outbreak poses a significant public health risk," the DHHS spokesperson said.

The total number of infections is 1384. Victoria's coronavirus death toll remains at 18.The government now wants anyone with even mild symptoms of coronavirus to get tested.

Victoria is not expected to relax its measures to suppress the spread of coronavirus before the state of emergency is due to expire on May 11.