Israel's 'Green Classroom' COVID outline to start on Sunday

• Published date: 08 October 2021
• Author: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the outline, starting Sunday, if a student in these cities tests positive for COVID, everyone in the class will be asked to take a PCR test. Everyone whose test is negative will be able to return to their normal school routine but test with a rapid antigen test daily to ensure they don't have the virus.

Students will test for seven days and then take a second PCR test to confirm they are virus free. If they are, then the whole class can resume learning.

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The majority of the country is green - 1,074 municipalities, compared to 18 red, 67 orange and 205 yellow.

The goal of the Green Class program is to keep children out of isolation after several studies highlighted the negative impact of quarantine on kids. Moreover, it harms the economy...