On the eve of the partial opening of the education system: about 1% of students and teachers are ill

On the eve of the partial return to school, the Ministry of Education published this evening (Wednesday) the morbidity data in Corona, which shows that about 22,000 students and teachers are ill. In total, there are about 2.2 million students and about 200,000 teachers in the education system. About 27,000 teachers and students are in isolation

Education Minister Yoav Galant to parents and students: “Sorry and sorry for not having studies” // Photo: Education Minister spokeswoman

In all patients in the education system in total, there are 20,640 sick students (about 0.9% of the students). In addition, there are 2,206 sick teaching staff (1.1% of teaching staff).

The data from the kindergartens show that out of 533,491 kindergarten children, 3,944 were found to be ill. This is 5.59% of all patients in the population, while their share in the general population is 5.74%

In primary education, out of 1,073,680 students 9,266 students were found to be ill. This is 13.13% of all patients in the population, while their share in the general population is 11.56%.

In post-primary education, out of 809,836 students 7,429 students were found sick. This is 10.53% of all patients in the general population, while their share in the population is 8.72%.

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In special education (kindergartens), out of 22,698 students, 316 students were found to be ill. This is 0.45% of all patients in the general population, while their share in the population is 0.24%.

Special education (schools) Out of 31,723 students, 442 students were found to be ill. This is 0.63% of all patients in the general population, while their share in the population is 0.34%.

A total of 480,000 students (kindergartens and grades 1-4 and 11-12) will return to school starting tomorrow in the green and yellow cities, as well as in the orange cities with a vaccination threshold of over 70 percent (yellow – about 235 A thousand, green – about 175 and new orange – about 77 thousand). In orange and red cities, open-air studies are allowed under restrictions (in a group of up to nine students with fixed distances).

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