Full Lockdown Dominates West Bank During Eid

Date: 01 August 2020 - 22:04

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RAMALLAH/GAZA (Dispatches) – As part of the precautionary measures against coronavirus, Palestine imposed a full lockdown on the West Bank districts during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha that started on Friday in Palestine.
The lockdown began upon an earlier government decision. The measures include banning transportation between towns and villages all over the West Bank.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a press statement that it recorded one death, 394 new COVID-19 infections, and 62 recovered cases in the West Bank.
"Since March 5, the ministry recorded 15,232 COVID-19 infections, including 85 deaths, 6,351 cases that recovered, and 8,796 cases still receiving medical care,” said the statement.
The statement added that 14 cases are in critical conditions, including five linked to ventilators at intensive care units.
In Gaza, the Ministry of Health run by the Hamas resistance movement announced that it recorded two new COVID-19 cases on Thursday night, adding that the two infections are of citizens of Gaza who returned in recent days from abroad.
The ministry said in a press statement that since March 5, it recorded 78 infections, including 71 cases who had recovered in the Gaza Strip.