According to a recent report, the Ministry’s experts diagnosed some 2,738 cases in 24 hours, 827 of them were located in the Gaza Strip -blocked and bombed by Israel- and the remainder in the occupied West Bank, the newspaper announced.
From the outbreak of Covid-19 in March to date, some 797 Palestinians have died due to the serious disease, while 106,312 people got infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, causing Covid-19.
In order to contain the pandemic, PNA President Mahmoud Abbas maintained a state of emergency for ninth month, which allows establishing complete or partial blockades in villages and cities, as well as refugee camps, among other prerogatives.
Palestinian Authority imposed a night-time and weekend comprehensive curfew, a period in which all establishments stop working, except hospitals.
Health Minister Mai Al-Kaileh warned that the next wave of the virus could occur in December and it could intensify in January 2021, for which she called to step up cares.
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