Conflicting NSW, fed govt virus advice

Updated January 28 2020 - 5:53pm, first published 5:51pm
Dan Tehan has rebuked some private schools for forcing students returning from China to stay away.
Dan Tehan has rebuked some private schools for forcing students returning from China to stay away.

The NSW government has requested children who have recently travelled to China amid the coronavirus outbreak to avoid school, hours after the federal education minister chastised schools making the same recommendation.