JERUSALEM – Israel rescinded the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and fully reopened schools on Sunday.
With almost 54 percent of its 9.3 million population having received both shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine, Israel logged sharp drops in contagion and cases.
While the wearing of protective masks outdoors was scrapped, the Health Ministry said the requirement still applied for indoor public spaces and urged citizens to keep masks to hand.
With Israeli kindergarteners, elementary and high school students already back in class, middle school pupils who had been kept at home or attended class sporadically returned to pre-pandemic schedules.(Reuters)
