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On 13 March 2020, Israel’s government declared closure of all schools. Schools fully reopened on 17 May 2020. Ten days later, a major outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in a high school. The first case was registered on 26 May, the second on 27 May. They were not epidemiologically linked. Testing of the complete school community revealed 153 students (attack rate: 13.2%) and 25 staff members (attack rate: 16.6%) who were COVID-19 positive.

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A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools’ reopening, Israel, May 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Chen+Stein-Zamir&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stein-Zamir Chen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nitza+Abramson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Abramson Nitza</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanna+Shoob&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Shoob Hanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Erez+Libal&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Libal Erez</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Menachem+Bitan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bitan Menachem</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tanya+Cardash&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cardash Tanya</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Refael+Cayam&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cayam Refael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ian+Miskin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Miskin Ian</a></span>. A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools’ reopening, Israel, May 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(29):pii=2001352. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.29.2001352" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.29.2001352</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 08 Jul 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 21 Jul 2020 </span> </p>
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