Hundreds of Perth students isolating after peer tests positive to COVID-19

Hundreds of school students have been forced into isolation in Perth just days after in-classroom learning resumed.

Up to 200 Harrisdale Senior High School students are in 14-day isolation after a student who was infectious attended a Year 12 orientation day program inside a lecture theatre at the school.

The other 1400 students at the school won't be forced into a 14-day isolation unless specifically instructed to by the Health Department.

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Three facilities have now recorded positive cases after Monday's return to school.

The Teachers Union is now calling on the state government to provide a date when this 14-day isolation period for close contacts will be reduced to just seven days.

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However Premier Mark McGowan said it isn't possible to provide such a date at the moment.

Western Australia's 1139 schools welcomed students back to classrooms for the start of Term 1 on January 31.

The state yesterday recorded 17 new local COVID-19 cases and 12 returning from interstate or overseas travel to 8pm last night.

Source: 9News