Modiin mayor restores indoor mask rule at schools after COVID outbreak

Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas says he has decided to reinstate an indoor mask mandate at schools in the central Israeli city, where 11 students at a school were infected earlier this week.

“I appeal to school principles and educational staff to be strict about the order and for parents to avoid entering the grounds of educational institutions as much as possible. We must do everything we can to prevent a renewed rise in morbidity,” tweets Bibas, who heads the federation of local government leaders.

Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on February February 19, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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