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Covid-19 testing will be increased in a south-west Sydney suburb after a positive case at Oran Park high school and a family and staff member tested positive at the suburb's Great Beginnings childcare centre.

Saturday sport has been cancelled for the high school, the NSW education department says, and authorities have directed all staff and pupils to self-isolate. Classrooms will be deep cleaned.