articleEurosurveillanceJul 23, 2020DIAMOND OA

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

Hebrew University of Jerusalem · Israel Ministry of Health · +2 more institutions

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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.

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Keywords
  • Outbreak
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Closure (psychology)
  • Attack rate
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Medicine
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Government (linguistics)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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