All Queensland schools will be open on Monday following confirmation from the Prime Minister after the government's coronavirus taskforce meeting on Sunday afternoon that it would be safer to keep children in school.

An Education Queensland spokesman also reiterated that all of the state's public schools would operate as normal on Monday.

All Queensland students should return to school on Monday morning, according to state, Catholic and independent school authorities. Credit:Jocelyn Garcia

And while schools in Queensland's Catholic and independent sectors were planning short-term school closures, no immediate plans were in place to enact those closures, the sectors' peak bodies said on Sunday.

Queensland's Catholic Education Commission and Independent Schools Queensland said they were acting on the latest advice from Education Queensland and Queensland's Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young.