Gaza, Palestine. 27 August 2020. The streets and the waterfront are empty in Gaza City as a lockdown is protracted in the Palestinian enclave to try and contain the current Coronavirus outbreak. This week the Gaza Strip has begun detecting Covid-19 infections among its population, rather than just in quarantine centres by its borders. With approximately 60 active cases and three deaths, the Health Ministry in Gaza has recently announced the extension of the lockdown and other restrictive measures, amid fears that a major outbreak could overwhelm the already crippled health care system in the d
Gaza, Palestine. 27 August 2020. The streets and the waterfront are empty in Gaza City as a lockdown is protracted in the Palestinian enclave to try and contain the current Coronavirus outbreak. This week the Gaza Strip has begun detecting Covid-19 infections among its population, rather than just in quarantine centres by its borders. With approximately 60 active cases and three deaths, the Health Ministry in Gaza has recently announced the extension of the lockdown and other restrictive measures, amid fears that a major outbreak could overwhelm the already crippled health care system in the densely populated Strip. The recent Covid emergency has occurred in Gaza during high tensions with Israel, which has halted fuel imports into Gaza, thus worsening the already severe power crisis and long blackouts in the besieged Palestinian enclave
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