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Thursday, December 16, 2021
Jerusalem girls school shut after dozens test positive for COVID
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Israeli children on their first day of the new school year, at the Pola school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2021. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
An all-girls religious school in Jerusalem has been shut after at least 62 COVID cases were reported there.
According to Hebrew media reports, the Evelina de Rothschild school in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem has switched to remote learning after 62 students and faculty tested positive.
According to the Health Ministry, 58% of all those who tested positive for COVID on Wednesday were part of the education system– 404 students and 26 staff. Out of the 6,446 active COVID cases on Thursday, 3,584 were students.
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