Two thirds of UK ultra-Orthodox Jews caught COVID-19, study finds

The findings saw a 64% infection rate.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in a street in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill in the UK (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in a street in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill in the UK
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
 Approximately two thirds of the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) community in London had been sick with COVID-19 at some point throughout 2020, according to a new UK government-funded study, the Jewish News reported.
The study was conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and was done at the request of the Jewish community leaders in May, according to the News.
The findings saw a 64% infection rate.
The findings seem shocking, but according to one of the lead researchers, this is unsurprising, and is expected of a tight-knit religious group, according to the Jewish News.
The UK Jewish community has suffered heavily from the coronavirus, with figures at the end of 2020 nearing an all-time high, based on figures calculated by the British Board of Deputies.


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