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. 2020 Jul;25(29):2001352.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.29.2001352.

A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools' reopening, Israel, May 2020

Chen Stein-Zamir  1   2 , Nitza Abramson  1 , Hanna Shoob  1 , Erez Libal  3 , Menachem Bitan  4 , Tanya Cardash  5 , Refael Cayam  6 , Ian Miskin  3
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A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools' reopening, Israel, May 2020

Chen Stein-Zamir et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Jul.

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: COVID-19; Children and adolescents; High School; Outbreak.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Results of COVID-19 testing, school outbreak, Jerusalem, May 2020 (n = 1,312)
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Figure 2
COVID-19 cases, Jerusalem, February–June 2020 (n = 5,519)
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Figure 3
Age distribution of COVID-19 cases, Israel, May 2020 (n = 18,448)
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