The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry says it has detected two cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the West Bank.
The cases are young women from Qalqilya and Salfit, respectively, who returned from the UAE, the ministry says.
The Delta variant is highly contagious, although most vaccines are still effective at providing protection against the mutation.
According to the PA Health Ministry, 417,501 West Bank Palestinians have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, less than one-fifth of the West Bank’s total population. Around 105,000 were Palestinians employed inside the Green Line vaccinated by Israeli medics.
The PA has struggled to provide enough coronavirus vaccines for its population. While officials have announced numerous dates for the arrival of hundreds of thousands of additional doses, the operation has been plagued by delays and missed deadlines.
A recent deal between Pfizer, Israel and the PA to provide more than 1.4 million Israeli Pfizer shots to Ramallah blew up after the PA claimed some of the vaccines were set to expire too soon for safe use. Israel has said the vaccines were sound.
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