A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools’ reopening, Israel, May 2020
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- 23 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in Eurosurveillance
- Vol. 25 (29), 2001352-6
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.29.2001352
Abstract
On 13 March 2020, Israel’s government declared closure of all schools. Schools fully reopened on 17 May 2020. Ten days later, a major outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in a high school. The first case was registered on 26 May, the second on 27 May. They were not epidemiologically linked. Testing of the complete school community revealed 153 students (attack rate: 13.2%) and 25 staff members (attack rate: 16.6%) who were COVID-19 positive.Keywords
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