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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch

Coronavirus Disease Spread during Summer Vacation, Israel, 2020

Ido Somekh, Eric A. F. Simões1Comments to Author , and Eli Somekh1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel (I. Somekh); Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (I. Somekh, E. Somekh); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA (E.A.F. Simões); Mayanei Hayeshuah Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel (E. Somekh)

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Figure 1

Mean weekly incidence rate ratios for COVID-19 during school attendance and during summer vacation, by age group, Israel, 2020. A) Adjusted IRR, the incidence adjusted for the number of COVID-19 tests performed for the specific age group. Numbers above bars are specific IRRs with 95% CIs. B) Weekly adjusted IRR during summer vacation by age group, which we calculated by comparing the incidence of each week to the incidence in the reference week for each age group. We calculated IRRs during school attendance by comparing the mean weekly rates during the school period (May–June), with rates during the week before school opening (April 26–May 3). We calculated mean weekly IRRs during summer vacation (July–August) by comparing the mean weekly rates during July–August to those of the last week of school (June 21–27), the reference week. Dates represent day 1 of the studied week. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; IRR, incidence rate ratio.

Figure 1. Mean weekly incidence rate ratios for COVID-19 during school attendance and during summer vacation, by age group, Israel, 2020. A) Adjusted IRR, the incidence adjusted for the number of COVID-19 tests performed for the specific age group. Numbers above bars are specific IRRs with 95% CIs. B) Weekly adjusted IRR during summer vacation by age group, which we calculated by comparing the incidence of each week to the incidence in the reference week for each age group. We calculated IRRs during school attendance by comparing the mean weekly rates during the school period (May–June), with rates during the week before school opening (April 26–May 3). We calculated mean weekly IRRs during summer vacation (July–August) by comparing the mean weekly rates during July–August to those of the last week of school (June 21–27), the reference week. Dates represent day 1 of the studied week. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; IRR, incidence rate ratio.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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