More children in cities, towns, and local authorities coded "green" under the Health Ministry's stoplight plan will go back to the classroom after the Corona cabinet on Monday approved a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz to send fifth and sixth-graders back to school in those communities.
The fifth and sixth-graders will return to school starting next Sunday, and as of Monday, the decision was to send 11th and 12th graders back to school a week later.
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Meanwhile, outdoor shopping centers in communities coded "green" will be allowed to open. Another closed shopping mall will be allowed to reopen as a test case, and based on data about whether or not it becomes an infection hotspot, the government will make a decision about other enclosed shopping areas.
"We support sending fifth and sixth-grade students, as well as 11th and 12th graders, back to school and opening businesses in green communities," Gantz said.
"In 'orange' towns we will wait until the number of cases drops. In red towns we will instate closures, with help from the people from the Defense Ministry, until the number of cases drops. We will launch a framework for cultural events in green areas," Gantz said.
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