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Key postsHide key posts Latest 1 of 5 Oldest A total of about 150 Victorian school students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 on their first day back in Term 1 on Monday, authorities say. Speaking on ABC radio Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, Victorian Department of Education and Training deputy secretary David Howes said the breakdown was about 101 students and 55 staff. "Of course we really feel for those students and staff and we wish them a really quick recovery," Mr Howes said. "But it does mean they have been able to stay home and isolate and that's a major contribution protecting the rest of the students and staff in our community. "The deputy secretary said the state's voluntary twice-weekly rapid antigen testing program for school students and staff would "without question" miss some coronavirus cases. "We've never said that this will pick up every case, but yesterday's results show that it picked up 150 cases that wouldn...