Israel Shutdown Schools Again After Teachers, Students Contract COVID-19 Days After Resumption

Israel Shutdown Schools Again After Teachers, Students Contract COVID-19 Days After Resumption

Israel has shut down school again just three weeks after schools reopen amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers.

With 347 pupils and teachers testing positive for the virus, 127 schools did not reopen on Sunday, the beginning of the work week in Israel, according to an Education Ministry statement.

The number of pupils and staff in-home quarantine grew from slightly more than 16,000 to almost 17,500 in little more than 12 hours.

Most of the new cases are from Jerusalem, particularly from one high school, the Hebrew Gymnasium, where, as of Sunday, 148 pupils and staff have tested positive.

Source: OccupyGh.com 

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