Coronavirus fatalities, infections in Palestine and Israel increase

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the registration of 19 new cases of coronavirus in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

The ministry in its daily statement included, "The total number of confirmed infections reached 329 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including 41 in Jerusalem, two deaths, and 62 recoveries."

The Palestinian government stated that: "288 infections in the West Bank and Gaza were confirmed by special medical examinations conducted in the laboratories of the Ministry of Health, while 41 infections in Jerusalem (inside the Israeli wall separating holders of blue Israeli ID card Palestinians)".

And it continued: "The Israeli occupation authorities prevented Palestinian medical personnel from reaching the cases in Jerusalem."

In the same context, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced: "The total number of corona deaths in Israel increased to 126; in addition to the increase in the number of infections to 12,200, of which 132 are in serious condition."

Today, Wednesday, Israel is undergoing a comprehensive closure to limit the spread of the Corona virus, which will end tomorrow, Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Israeli National Security Council announced that it called on all ministries to prepare plans based on clear principles, and to submit a central plan to move from a state of restraining the Corona pandemic in the country to a state of "living in the shadow of corona" without closing the country.

ANHA