The Gaza Strip will see new arrivals through Rafah border crossing with Egypt for the first time since May, the Palestinian embassy in Egypt announces.
The border will open from August 11 to August 13, the embassy says.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says it is preparing quarantine facilities and coronavirus tests for those returning.
All new arrivals in the Gaza Strip will be required to spend at least 21 days in quarantine, the Health Ministry says.
A mask-clad clown hired by a local kindergarten performs before children during an awareness session about COVID-19 coronavirus disease at the premises in Gaza City on August 10, 2020. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
There are currently 10 cases of the novel coronavirus in the Gaza Strip, all of which have been contained in quarantine centers delegated by Hamas for new arrivals.
Gaza has so far been spared any reported community spread of the virus.
Egypt and Hamas sealed the Rafah crossing in March for those trying to leave Gaza. There has been no announcement as to when Gazans will be allowed to exit the Strip and enter Egypt.
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