Over the last week the West Bank continues to experience a “significant surge” in a third COVID-19 wave, according to the World Health Organization with some areas doubling the number of active cases in the last seven days.
For over a month the COVID positivity rate has precipitously dropped in Gaza. Once the second highest positivity rate in the world, this week the WHO reported it is down to 6%. Gaza received its second batch of Russian vaccines on Monday, as local lockdowns come to a close.
Palestinians wait for travel permits to enter into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in…
A Palestinian health worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine provided by Israel…
Last week’s assurances that the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine would arrive in the West Bank by Sunday went unfulfilled, as the coronavirus continues to spread albeit at a slower rate.
Palestinians are expected to receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccines as early as this weekend, albeit a much smaller shipment than first anticipated.
In 1991, Israel was forced to provide gas masks to Palestinians during the Gulf War. Some are saying this is a precedent for distributing COVID-19 vaccines today.
The coronavirus continues to surge across the West Bank and Gaza, prompting Palestinian authorities to shut down entire cities, restrict movement, and for a first time threatened punitive damages for violations.
Palestinians surpassed a grim milestone this week with more than 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as healthcare officials struggle to control the virus that has nearly overwhelmed hospitals in Gaza, and caused a weekend lockdown in the West Bank.
Palestinians recorded 891 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest number of new infections in a 24-hour period to date, as health officials struggle to contain a surge in spread over the last month.