Two weeks after Israel fully reopened schools, officials are again closing dozens of them after a COVID-19 outbreak. A new policy orders any school where a case emerges to close.
Students wearing masks are outside a school in the Israeli city of Modiin on May 17. Israeli students in all grades went back to school last month.Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images
It's an abrupt reversal of the post-pandemic spirit in Israel, as officials lifted most remaining coronavirus restrictions last week. With fewer than 300 deaths in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared victory in early May over the pandemic, and last week told Israelis to go to restaurants and"enjoy yourselves."
The most significant outbreak appeared last week in the Gymnasia Rehavia, a historic middle and high school in Jerusalem. There, 116 students and 14 teachers were infected, according to the education ministry, and the school closed. Built in 1928, its graduates include prominent novelists, politicians and Netanyahu's late brother.
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