A large COVID-19 outbreak in a high school 10 days after schools’ reopening, Israel, May 2020

Author:

Stein-Zamir Chen12,Abramson Nitza2,Shoob Hanna2,Libal Erez3,Bitan Menachem4,Cardash Tanya5,Cayam Refael6,Miskin Ian3

Affiliation:

1. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, Braun School of Public and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

2. Jerusalem District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

3. Clalit health services, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, Israel

4. Meuchedet health services, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, Israel

5. Maccabi Healthcare services, Jerusalem and Shfela Region, Israel

6. Leumit Health Services, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem, Israel

Abstract

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.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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