62 Girls Test Positive For COVID In Yerushalayim Orthodox School

Evelina de Rothschild is one of the oldest elementary schools in Jerusalem and is a girls-only school, affiliated with the National-Religious movement.

The infections were first reported at the beginning of the week and started with an initial dozen students who tested positive. By Thursday, the number grew to over 60.

The Health Ministry is checking to see if the students were infected with the new Omicron variant.

One parent said the school waited too long to take steps around the Hanukkah holiday a couple of weeks ago that could have stopped the spread.

“Only on Wednesday did they decide to do PCRs for everyone in the school after there were already some 25 cases in the school,” the parent said.

Four hundred and thirty students tested positive for COVID on Wednesday, the ministry reported Thursday, out of some 42,000 who were screened for the virus – about 1%.