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Can Gaza cope with Covid-19 after years under lockdown?

Coronavirus could devastate the Palestinian territory, already hit hard by Israeli restrictions

As countries shut borders, enforced curfews and suspended much of daily life, Gaza – under a blockade for years – was somewhat isolated from the coronavirus pandemic. But as it has with so much of the rest of the world, Covid-19 found a way.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Palestinian health officials announced the first two cases in Gaza, from travellers returning from Pakistan via the Egyptian crossing. They were part of a trickle of people heading into the strip, around 1,300, who were placed into quarantine facilities, mostly in empty schools and hotels.

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[The Guardian] Can Gaza cope with Covid-19 after years under lockdown?

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