A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave's first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Palestinian health workers bring for burial the dead body of a woman, who has died after contracting the coronavirus disease , in a cemetery in the southern Gaza Strip May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
GAZA - A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave’s first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday. Blockaded and short on medical facilities, Gaza, run by the Islamist group Hamas, has reported only 55 coronavirus infection cases among its population of two million. Meanwhile, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, where Palestinians have limited self-rule, there have been two deaths and 423 cases.
The Gaza health ministry described the fatality as a 77-year-old woman who had entered via the Egyptian border on May 19 and had been kept in quarantine since. She suffered from a prior chronic illness, the ministry said. Hamas, which has run Gaza since 2007, has closed crossings with Egypt and Israel except for essential traffic, but unlike in the West Bank it said a full lockdown was not yet needed.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
China reports first day of zero coronavirus deaths or symptomatic cases as Wuhan tests 11M residentsOver 4,600 deaths have been recorded in China since the outbreak of coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan in December last year.
Read more »
Russia reports record daily jump in deaths; Soros warns EU may not surviveChina announced overnight it will not set a GDP target for 2020 the world’s second-largest economy faces “factors that are difficult to predict in its development,” due to the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read more »
Brazil jumps to world No. 2 in coronavirus cases – latest updatesGlobal coronavirus pandemic affects more than five million people, with over 339,000 deaths. Here’re updates: 🇧🇷Brazil registers 1,001 daily deaths 🇨🇺Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll 🇹🇷Turkey imposes 4-day curfew For more:
Read more »
Brazil suffers record 1,188 daily coronavirus deathsBrazil registered a record of 1,188 daily coronavirus deaths on Thursday, with more than 20,000 total fatalities from the coronavirus outbreak, the Health Ministry said.
Read more »
Brazil passes 20,000 coronavirus deaths – latest updatesGlobal coronavirus pandemic kills over 334,000 people. Here’re updates: 🇧🇷Brazil suffers record 1,188 daily deaths 🇺🇦IMF reaches staff agreement for $5 bln Ukraine financing 🇭🇹Virus detected in Haiti's largest prison For more:
Read more »
Mexico City's coronavirus death toll may be 3 times higher than official count, report saysA Mexican activist group says its analysis of death certificates shows an enormous undercount of coronavirus-related fatalities by the government.
Read more »