Comparison of COVID-19 Incidence Rates Before and After School Reopening in Israel

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e217105. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.7105.

Ido Somekh^{1

2}, Lital Keinan Boker^{3

4}, Tamy Shohat², Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani^{5

6}, Eric A F Simões⁷, Eli Somekh^{2

6

8}

¹ Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel.
² Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
³ Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.
⁴ University of Haifa School of Public Health, Haifa, Israel.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Scientific Institute Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁶ European Pediatric Association (EPA-UNEPSA), Union of National European, Pediatric Societies and Associations, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Mayanei Hayeshuah Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel.

Abstract

This cohort study examines COVID-19 incidence rates in youths aged 0 to 19 before and after reopening schools in Israel.