Prof. Galia Rahav, a member of the epidemiology team, responded in an interview with Galei Tzahal to the new study outline in the education system.
"It's the best solution right now. It's not ideal, but it's the best it can be. I think and hope the parents learn so much from experience, that they will really cooperate more. Leaving the children at home and paralyzing the families is problematic," Rahav said.
This is regarding the new outline where those exposed to someone with corona can take a rapid antigen test and wait until they receive a negative result. Positive results require quarantine.
"Fortunately, we do not see any serious illness in children at the moment. We were afraid, because the data from the US and the UK showed that there is a disease in children, but in Israel it is not like in other countries. As for long-term symptoms, there are no data yet. "