Parents of one of the Hunter's Catholic primary schools were urged to keep their children at home late last week as a significant outbreak of gastroenteritis required the help of Hunter New England Health District's public health unit to contain.
Emails to parents from school principal Duilio Rufo, seen by the Newcastle Herald, note upwards of 180 cases of gastro among students at St Therese's Primary School at New Lambton on Friday, with as many as 22 teachers taking leave because of the outbreak.