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A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools’ reopening, Israel, May 2020: Outbreak description
- The school contains 1,190 students ages 12-18 and 162 staff members
- The school reopened on May 18 after being closed for 2 months
- From May 19-21, facemasks weren’t required due to a heatwave. The first two individuals to test positive had attended school May 19-21 and reported mild symptoms
- Following the first two cases, the district declared an outbreak, closed the school, and tested all staff and students for COVID-19 over the weekend
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Updated 2020-10-24
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Biomedical Sciences