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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
As school year begins, some closed by virus, others open in defiance of rules
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTwo teachers in Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have fallen ill with COVID-19, prompting two schools to close their doors on the day the school year began.
Some 2.4 million students went back to school on Tuesday, while highly infected areas were instructed to keep their schools closed, for now.
Not all have heeded the Health Ministry order, however, with at least one school in Beitar Illit and schools in neighborhoods of East Jerusalem with high infection rates opening in defiance of the health regulations.
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