The mounting number of coronavirus infections in densely-populated Gaza is spinning out of control, Palestinian health officials warn.
“The virus is spreading and the situation is getting out of control,” says Dr. Ahmad al-Jadba, an official at Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
The health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory of two million inhabitants declared a record 24-hour high of 890 new cases between Friday and Saturday.
Palestinian children attend a kindergarten while wearing face shields due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Gaza city on November 23, 2020. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)
The cumulative number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic stood today at 15,450, including 70 deaths.
“The number of intensive care beds is very limited, as are medicines,” says Mahmud Al-Khazindar, director of a private hospital in Gaza.
“If the number of cases increases, a choice will have to be made between the care of the elderly, the young, and patients with another disease,” he warns.
— AFP
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