Israel Considers Shorter Quarantine as 200,000 Schoolchildren and Staff Isolate

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According to the Israeli Education Ministry, some 200,000 schoolchildren and school personnel are currently in quarantine having either contracted virus or come into close contact with infected Omicron carrier, Ynet reports.

Health experts are deliberating the possibility of reducing the required quarantine time from seven days to five.

The data presented to ministers showed that 40% of the school classes in Israel have at least one confirmed COVID-19 patient.

According to the ministry, there are 75,993 schoolchildren and 13,364 education personnel who are confirmed with COVID, while an additional 107,507 students are in quarantine along with 4,354 educational staff. The Education Ministry said that more than 40% of schoolchildren from the first to fourth grades were vaccinated, and therefore did not require quarantine. Still, more than half of classrooms students are required to isolation for at least a week if they were in contact with a COVID patient.

{Matzav.com Israel}


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