Education minister reportedly says new strains ‘change the rules of the game’; over 50% of infected students are Haredi
Illustrative — Israeli children wearing face masks study in a classroom of the Kramim school in Jerusalem on their first day back to classes on November 1, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
With infection rates remaining high on Tuesday, and amid reports of increased child morbidity as a result of the British strain of the coronavirus, the imminent reopening of the education system with the easing of the lockdown appeared less likely.
Army Radio reported that Education Minister Yoav Gallant seemed to be walking back his demand that schools and kindergartens be reopened in the first stage of the easing of the lockdown, and was said to be holding further consultations with medical experts.
“The mutations have changed the rules of the game. I do not want to take on anything related to childhood illness,” Gallant reportedly said.
