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25% of all active virus carriers are schoolchildren — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOver one-quarter (25.9%) of active virus cases in Israel are children and teenagers in school, according to data submitted to the cabinet ahead of a ministerial meeting later on tightening the lockdown, Army Radio reports.
There are currently 56,223 active cases — meaning that over 14,000 students are ill with COVID-19.
That’s slightly lower than their proportion of the population, some 27%, the report notes.
The government has resisted closing all schools despite the rising virus rates.
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