Methods
This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, comparing the asthma
related ED visits and hospital admissions in Soroka University Medical
Center, a single tertiary center in southern Israel, among children aged
2-18 years. Three time periods were selected: 2020A (pre- lockdown,
2/1/20-3/14/20), 2020B (lockdown, 3/15/20-5/15/20) and 2020 C (post-
lockdown, 5/16/20-6/30/20) and were compared to three parallel time
periods in 2019.