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1 in 5 students in yeshiva ‘capsule’ program contracted COVID-19 — TV
One in five yeshiva students taking part in a government-approved “capsule” program during August-September contracted COVID-19, despite the program’s intended safeguards, Channel 13 reports.
Citing state figures, the network said some 6,500-7,000 yeshiva students out of 35,000 who participated in the program, which saw students isolated from the outside world for long weeks to allow them to study, came down with the disease.
Channel 13’s Nadav Eyal calls the figure striking, musing that perhaps the numbers would have been better without the program.
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