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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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Table 1

Comparison of slopes for adjusted incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections during summer vacation and partial and full school attendance periods, Israel, 2020*

Age group, y           Adjusted incidence, %†
Slope rate ratio (95% CI) Arithmetic difference (95% CI)
Summer vacation ± SEM School attendance ± SEM
0–9 17.6 ± 2.1 1.8 ± 0.6 9.8 (5.3 to 34.2) 15.8 (10.9 to 21)
10–19 8 ± 8.8 3.4 ± 1.3 2.4 (–3.9 to 18.1) 4.7 (–15 to 24.4)
20–39 1.2 ± 2.9 4.5 ± 0.9 0.27 (–1.2 to 1.85) –3.3 (–10.1 to 3.5)
40–59 2 ± 2.6 4.6 ± 1.8 0.43 (–8.9 to 3.6) –2.6 (-8.9 to 3.6)
>60 4 ± 2.1 2.5 ± 0.6 1.6 (–0.2 to 4.5) 1.5 (–3.4 to 6.4)

*Summer vacation was July 1–August 31, 2020. School attendance period was May 3–June 28, 2020. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SEM, standard error of the mean. †Incidence is no. cases/100,000 population; rates adjusted by numbers of SARS-CoV-2 tests.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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