FILE PHOTO: Epping Boys High School, the site of Australia’s first ordered school closure after a 16-year-old pupil tested positive for the coronavirus, is pictured in Sydney, Australia, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy

SYDNEY: Children in some Australian states began returning to school on Monday (May 11) after an extended break due to the new coronavirus, as the country's rate of new infections continued to slow.