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Sunday, December 6, 2020
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Sunday, December 6, 2020
WHO says virus tests shipped to Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe World Health Organization’s envoy to the Palestinians, Gerald Rockenschaub, tells The Times of Israel that a shipment of coronavirus tests arrived in the Gaza Strip today.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry announced earlier in a laconic statement that they had ceased testing for coronavirus in Gaza due to a lack of available materials.
“A shipment arrived today… that will fix the most burning gap, and we expect another shipment to arrive in the next two days. I expect this is a temporary shortage,” Rockenschaub says.
An unnamed source from an unnamed international organization tells the Ynet news site that the announcement by Hamas may have been an attempt to put pressure on outside actors to bring in more tests.
— Aaron Boxerman
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