Rise in pediatric proportion of Israel #COVID19 cases over 2020. Shows the fall/winter trend toward much more cases relatively in children. This data continues into January too. Many reports of relative pediatric surge in Israel continuing in Jan 2021. We need to watch this.

2) We’ve also this relatively higher positivity of children age 5-9 in England in January as well. We need to pay attention. @dgurdasani1 believes it is related to gradual primary school reopenings after winter break. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1360289161291390983

3) Israel is seeing a sharp rise in the number of children and teens getting #COVID19, where #B117 rising.

>50,000 children have been diagnosed with #COVID19 since start of Jan, many more than Israel saw in any month during the first or second waves. https://jpost.com/health-science/with-more-kids-sick-with-covid-can-israel-re-open-schools-656791/amp?__twitter_impression=true

4) Instead of around 29% of new cases coming from children and teens, as in the second wave, now they are around 40% of cases, Public Health Services head Sharon Alroy-Preis said in the Knesset on Monday. The greatest spike was in children between ages of **6 and 9** (matches )

5) “We got a letter from the Israeli Association of Pediatrics that says they are very worried about the rate of disease in younger students,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told The Jerusalem Post. “This is something we did not witness in previous waves of corona.”