Israel's Home COVID-19 Tests Keep 180,000 Students in School

Beginning Sunday, some 100,000 students in grades 8-12 in “red” communities, where infection rates are high, will shift to distance learning or classes held outdoors

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Some 8,000 students stayed at home last week after testing positive for the coronavirus in rapid antigen swab tests conducted at home and distributed to parents, the Education Ministry said Saturday evening. As a result, about 180,000 classmates were not forced into isolation.

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