Gaza Strip eases COVID-19 lockdown
Ashraf Shannon
Press TV, Gaza
Authorities in the Gaza Strip have eased a lockdown on the enclave over the coronavirus pandemic. The tight lockdown was imposed last month after the discovery of the first cases of COVID-19 infections.
The Gaza Strip is witnessing an easing of restrictions after being under a tight lockdown for over two weeks. The lockdown is eased in some places in the Gaza Strip where coronavirus infections are low.
The tight lockdown was part of the local authorities’ efforts to confront the spread of the deadly pandemic. Four Infections were discovered among the local population on August 24th.
Currently the number of infections has risen to around fifteen hundred cases.
Rights groups have repeatedly warned of the catastrophic implications of coronavirus spread in the Gaza Strip. Due to the Israeli blockade Gazans are under terrible strain and their worries over the coronavirus have been heavily compounded.
The coronavirus spread has taken its toll on the impoverished coastal sliver where 80 percent of the population depends on unstable international assistance, lacking food security, hygiene resources, electricity and safe drinking water.
The Gaza Strip will remain under a tight curfew from 8 PM until 7 AM.
Despite lockdown easing in some areas in the blockaded Gaza Strip, officials here have warned that the deadly pandemic still poses a grave risk to the lives of nearly two million Palestinians.
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