Virus czar, health and education ministers: Schools will open on September 1

Education Minister Yoav Gallant, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu have agreed that schools will open on September 1, a statement from the Education Ministry says.

But officials are looking into the possibility of delaying the openings of high schools in so-called “red” cities with high infection rates until October, after the Jewish holidays, it adds. That decision would affect 10th-12th graders, it says.

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